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Physic, wherein he seems to have considered Man 

 entirely as a Machine, and makes a feeble and vain 

 attempt to explain all the Phenomena of the 

 Animal (Economy, by mechanical and chymical 

 principles alone. Stahl, his cotemporary and rival, 

 who had a more enlarged genius, and penetrated 

 more deeply into Nature, added the consideration 

 of the sentient principle, and united the philosophy 

 of the Human Mind with that of the Human Body : 

 but the luxuriancy of his imagination often be- 

 wildered him, and the perplexity and obscurity of 

 his style occasion his writings to be little read and 

 less understood. 



"Besides these, there is another cause which 

 renders the knowledge of Human Nature very lame 

 and imperfect, which we propose more particularly 

 to enquire into. 



" Man has been usually considered as a Being 

 that had no analogy to the rest of the Animal 

 Creation. The comparative anatomy of brute 

 Animals hath indeed been cultivated with some 

 attention; and hath been the source of the most 

 useful discoveries in the anatomy of the Human 

 Body. But the comparative Animal (Economy of 

 Mankind and other Animals, and comparative Views 

 of their states and manner of life, have been little 

 regarded. The pride of Man is alarmed, in this case, 

 with too close a comparison, and the dignity of 

 philosophy will not easily stoop to receive a lesson 

 from the instinct of Brutes. But this conduct is 

 very weak and foolish. Nature is a whole, made 

 up of parts, which, though distinct, are yet inti- 



