132 ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. Book III. 



CHAP. V. 



Of the Happinefs of the ylnimal Race in particular: — // o?ily capable 

 of Happinefs or Mifery. — Divifon of Animals into Tntelleclual and 

 Senfitive.—Man both Senfitive and IntellcSlual. — Pleafure thefource 

 of Happinefs. — Pleafures of the Mind greater than thofe of the 

 Bo<ly: — The fame the cafe of Pain. — The niof perf'eEl Animals mof 

 Happy; — for their ufe other animals intended: —Yet every Animal 

 as Happy as his nature will admit ; — otberivife the Univerfe not a 

 perfect 6yflem. 



HITHERTO I have fpoken of the goodnefs of God with refped 

 to the whole fyftem of Creation : But I am now to fpeak of 

 his goodnefs with refpedl to one part of the fyftem; I mean the ani- 

 mal race, in the happinefs of which it is chiefly manifefted. 



Happinefs or mifery can only belong to the animal nature; for 

 it is animals only that are fenfitive, that is, have feelings of pleafure 

 or pain. Some of thefe are fenfitive, but not intelledual; others 

 are both fenfitive and intelledual : Of thefe laft is Man. 



As it is Pleafure \vhich makes happinefs, all pleafure muft: arifc 

 either from the perceptions of fenfe, or from the exercife of intellefl:; 

 that is either from body or from the intellectual mind. Of thefe two 

 pleafures, the greateft muft arife from the exercife of the fuperior fa- 

 culty, that is of intelligence. As to Pain; — Epicurus has told us, that 



, the 



