Chap. I. ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. 279 



BOOK IV. 



The Goodnefs of God manifeftcd in the Economy 

 of the Brute Creation. 



CHAP. 



The happ'incfs enjoyed by Brutes, compared with that of Man. — The 

 diJiin6tion betwixt Man and Brute to be accurately made. — Mind 

 the origin of all the Motions in Nature. — Enumeration of the differ- 

 ent kinds of Mind : — ly?, The Supreme Mind and the two Prin- 

 ciples of Intelligence and Vitality^ compofing the Trinity ; id^ Infe- 

 rior Intelligences^ fuch as Man ; 3^^, The Animal Mind ; ^h^ The 

 Vegetable ; and ^th, The Elemental Mind. — Difference betwixt 

 the Animal and Vegetable Minds. — The Animal much more various 

 in its JlruElure and operations. — The Brute held to be a mere ma- 

 chine by Buffon. — This Opinion rejeBed by the Author^ and by Mr 

 Smellie in his Philofophy of Natural H for y. — \fIotions of the Brute 

 produced by the Mind of Brute. — Inquiry into the Nature of that 

 Mind. — Is it Animal or Intclle final ? — According to Mr Smellie 

 it is IntelleHual, but of an inferior kind to that of Man, called by 

 him l^^SinQi.r—Tbe Author's opinion^ that the Brute has not Intel- 



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