500 THE PHILOSOPHY 



lead him always to external bodies, which are the objeds of 

 his love, hatred, and other paffi«ns. 



By motion he acquires the idea of fpace. Repeated expe- 

 rience of difcovering new fenfations renders him capable of 

 curiofity. But pain reprefTes his defire of moving, and makes 

 him diffident. Hence he learns to move with caution ; and 

 the fame chance that led him to lay hold of a flick, will teach 

 him to ufe it for exploring what may be hurtful to him. 

 Pleafure and pain are the fources of all his ideas, the num- 

 ber of which acquirable by our ftatue is almoft infinite. He 

 learns to compare his different fenfations, and to diftinguifk 

 different bodies. He acquires the idea of figure, and be- 

 comes capable of reflection and abflra£tion. He acquires 

 like wife the ideas of number, of duration, of fpace, and of 

 immenfity. 



8. Of Touch united with Smelling, 

 On this fuppofition, the flatue would perceive himfelf to 

 be two different beings, one that he could touch, and anoth- 

 er which he could not. When chance made him lay hold 

 of an odorous body, he would find that its fmell was ftronger 

 ,pr weaker, in proportion as he brought the body nearer, or 

 removed it farther from his face. This experiment frequent- 

 ly repeated will give him the idea that fmell proceeds from, 

 pr is a quality of bodies. By the fame means he difcovers 

 the organ of fmeiling. From this fource his ideas concern- 

 ing the qualities of bodies are greatly extended. 



9. Hearing, TaJJe, and Touching, united. 

 At firft our flatue is totally occupied with this new fenfe, 

 and believes himfelf to be the finging of birds, the noife of 

 a cafcade, &c. By the exercife, however, of handling fono- 

 rous bodies, or of letting them fall, he perceives that found 

 is produced by impulfe or coUifion, gradually difcovers this 

 new organ, and that noife is a property of bodies even at a 



