190 THE PHILOSOPHY 



4. Tajle alone, and Tajle united -with Smelling and Hearing. 



When limited to tafte alone, the ftatue would acquire the fame 

 mental powers as with fmelling or hearing. Tafte would contribute 

 more to his happinefs and mifery than fmelling or hearing ; becaufe 

 favours, in general, aflfedt us more than fmells, or even harmonious 

 founds. 



When tafte is united with fmelling and hearing, the ftatue, after 

 learning to know them feparately, would be enabled to diftinguifti 

 thefe fenfations, even when tranfmitted to him at the fame time; 

 and therefore his exiftence would in feme meafure be tripled. The 

 union of thefe fenfes would ftill farther extend and diverfify the 

 train of his ideas, augment the number of his defires, and make him 

 conttad new habits. 



5. Of Sight alone. 



Sight and all fenfations are internal, and belong to the mind. The 

 difficulty is to conceive how we refer thefe fenfations to external 

 objeds or caufes. Our ftatue would confider light and colour as 

 modes of his own exiftence ; but could have no idea that they be- 

 longed to bodies diftind from himfelf. At firft he would not be 

 able to diftinguifti one colour from another ; but he would foon ac- 

 quire the habit of confidering one colour at a time, and thus learn 

 to diftinguiOi them. By fight alone h.t could have no idea of figure, 

 fitualion, extenfion, or motion. 



6. Sight 



