CONTENTS. 



Fruits of the Earth, — without Flefh, Wine, or other ftrong Liquors. — Houfes and 

 Clothes not necefTary for Animals in the natural State. — This proved from exam- 

 ples. — The Natural Life of Man in the open air. — Caves the firft Hou(<;s ufed by 

 Man j — In thefe the Cyclops hved. — Then Clothes were invented : — Evils refulting 

 from the ufe of them ; — they are not necefTary for the coldeft climates ; — Anachar- 

 fis, the Scythian's, rcafon for going naked. — Ot the invention of Fire, and its per- 

 nicious effeds. — ImpoHible that Man, living fo unnaturally, ihould be fo long lived 

 and healthy as he might be by living the life of Nature : — The Evils of Man's artifi- 

 cial life to be alleviated by the open Air, the Coid Bath, Anointing, Phyfic, and 

 Exercife. — Evils attending excelles in Venery and the unnatural ufes of it. Page 20 1 



CHAP. XVII. 



Civil Society, not with (landing the evils attending it, abfolutely neceflary for the im- 

 provement of our Inteliedl. — Thofe evils, however, may be remedied, by the Study 

 of Arts, Sciences, and Philofophy. — Our indulgence in Senfual Pleafure thereby 



moderated ; and our wrong feafe of the Beautiful correded The Intelleflual 



Mind Ihould govern in our Little World, in the fame way that Supreme Intelligence 

 governs in the Univerfe : — Evii Coniequences of this not being the cafe both in Pub- 

 lic and Private Life — Great Advantage of the Improvement of our Intelleft. Moft 



of that improvement wc owe to the Egyptians : — They Invented Language, Agricul- 

 ture, Meiallurgy, Statuary, Architefture, and Mufic ; and Propagated' thefe Arts, 

 by means of their Colonies, over a great pan of th; World. — The Mitries of .£/;««/.• 

 which prevails both among Civilized Men and Savages, to be prevented by the Study- 

 of Arts and Sciences. Page 210 



CHAP. XVIII-. 



Of Religion and its comforts. —The greateft of thelc a profpetT; of happlnefs in a future 

 ftate. — The Antient Philofophers not agreed in this matter, — fome holding the im- 

 mortality of the intelle<rtual mind, others denying it— even Plato's arguments not 

 conclufive : — Its immortality inferred from its nature and operations — alfo from the 

 nature of things — The Aiitlior's opinion with refpefl to our other two minds, the 

 animal and vegetable. —Ti'ie belief of a future ftate prevalent in all nations, barba- 

 rous and civilized ;— ablurdity of doubting it, independent of the Chriftian revela- 

 tion — By that revelation the defefts of- antient philofophy fupplicd. The Chriftian 



Religion, 



