COGITATIONES DE SCIENTIA HUMANA. 433 



SECOND FRAGMENT. 



1. (Cog. 8.) That general consent affords no presump 



tion of truth in matters intellectual. 



2. (Cog. 9.) Of the error of supposing that conversancy 



with particulars is below the dignity of the human 

 mind. 



3. (Cog. 10.) The exposition of the fable of Midas. 



(Not included in the De Sapientid Veterum. ) 



THIRD FRAGMENT. 



1. Of wisdom in the business of life. (The beginning 



wanting.) 



2. That the quantum of matter is always the same. 



3. Of the sympathy between bodies with sense and bodies 



without. 



4. Of apparent rest, and solidity and fluidity. 



The notes to these pieces, and the explanatory re 

 marks within brackets, are mine. 



J. S. 



