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that are internally moved, for they are a whole planet in 

 Particulars Plants. 



471. Out of the quaternary combination particular 

 bodies, moved throughout and rotating around them- 

 selves, originate ; for they are representations of the whole 

 universe Animals. Individual bodies that are moved 

 internally are called organic. 



472. There can be therefore only three Kingdoms of 

 Nature. The first consists simply of individualities, 

 because it is not the equal proportion of all the elements. 

 The two other kingdoms, however, are combinations of 

 the individualities of the earth-element Avith two or three 

 elements, and are thus equivalent to the planet or to the 

 whole universe. The organic bodies are thus combina- 

 tions of the Singular with the Whole, and supply the third 

 part of the Philosophy of Nature, the Organology. 



FIRST KINGDOM. 

 MINERAL OR EARTH KINGDOM. 



473. Uni- or bin elementary terrestrial bodies are 

 minerals or earths ; their development is Mineralogy in 

 the general sense of that term. The earths regarded 

 individually gives us the science of Mineralogy proper ; 

 combined to form a whole, that of Geology. 



I.-MINERALOGY. 



474. Mineralogy teaches us the development of the 

 earth- element. 



475. The earth-element does not exist universally, but 

 only in particular bodies or individuals. There is no 

 general earth, but it is either silicious earth or common 

 salt, sulphur or iron, and so on. 



476. The earth-element or the earth can only sustain 

 changes, which are permanent or abiding ; for in it alone 

 fixation has become formation, in which the atoms do not 



