APPENDIX. 



C H A P. I. 



T!he World is a Syjlcyn^ having all its parts mofl intimately conneBcil 

 together : — It confijls of all things material and immaterial^ which 

 if not divided into ClaJJes^ would have been infinite as to us. — Thefe 

 Claffcs cojftft o/Genufes, Speciefes, and Individuals, «// containing 

 ««^ being contained. — Things not only contained in one another, but 

 derived from one another ; the Species from the Genus, and the 

 Individual from the Species, — Every Thing in the Univerfe compre- 

 hended in the Categories : — Thefe di [covered by Archytas ; a very 

 great dfcovery, leading us up to the Supreme Caufe. — All Things 

 in God, and God in all Things. — The queftion of the Separate 

 ■ Exi/lence of General Ideas conftdered. — Reafons for the Authjrs 

 Opinion that they do ex ft in that manner. — The Caifes of Things 

 in the Univerfe, not unneceffarily multiplied by the Author. — A 

 Subordination of Caufes, fr'm the Supreme Caufe to the Second Per- 

 fon of the Trinity^ from the Second to ihe Third, from the Trinity 

 to the Categories, and froin them to Genufes, Speciefes, and Indi- 

 viduals, neccfary. — yill thefe Caufes Immaterial Subftances. — A 

 moft intimate Connection betwixt the DoClrine of the Trinity and 

 Plato's DoElrine of Ideas. — Both DoElrines originally from Egypt, 

 •where Plato learned them. 



IN tlic courfe of this Volume I have mentioned feveral Syftcms 

 which are contained in the Great Syftem of the Univerfe : And 

 indeed, as it is the produdion of Supreme Intelligence, there can be 

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