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5. Conjectures, which are opinions founded on 

 notions respecting quality and motion ; and 

 formed by inferring an ^^f^/ from a supposed 

 principle or cause : such, for example, as 

 " That the light of the moon is derived firom 

 the light of the sun." 



6. The general properties of matter, that is, such 

 as are obvious without the intervention of any 

 latent intermediate idea, for example, " four is 

 an even number." 



N. B. In the original here follows the distinction 

 of demonstration or proof into reasoning a priori 

 denominated Berhaun Lemmi^ and reasoning a 

 posteriori denominated Berlumn Armi. 



II. The casuistical or disputative, which are, 



1. Current and prevailing opinions agreeable to 

 the ideas of the multitude, such as " learning 

 is good, and ignorance bad." 



1, Malicious insinuations artfully expressed to 

 conceal the motive. 



III. The rhetorical, which are composed, 



1, Of propositions taken for granted upon some 

 respectable authority, such as that of the pro- 

 phets and fathers. 



2. Of presumptions or suspicions grounded on 

 the frequency of some improper practice ; such 

 as that of a person being a thief from his going 

 abroad in the night, 



IV. The poetical, which are founded on fiction. 

 Honey, for example, they make a liquid ruby. 



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