438 ' THE PHILOSOPHY 



in a neighbouring field. Oxen and cows will not fatten in 

 the fineft pafture, if they are deprived of fociety. 



From the fa£ls and remarks contained in this chapter, it 

 ieems to be evident, that the principle of aflbciation in man, 

 as well as in many other animals, is purely inftindlive *, and 

 that this principle may be flrengthened and modified by the 

 numberlefs advantages derived from it, by imitation j by hab- 

 it, and by many other circumftances. 



