PART I. 
LECTURE II. 
General division of the sciences which relate to mind and mat- 
ter — Different departments of Botanical Science — Of the 
parts of a flower. 
The Universe, as composed of mind and matter, gives rise 
to various sciences. The Supreme Being we believe 1o be im- 
material , or pure mind. 
The knowledge of mind may be considered under two gene- 
ral heads. 
1. Theology, or that science which comprehends our views 
of the Deity, and our duties to Him. 
2. Philosophy of the human mind, or, metaphysics , which 
is the science that investigates the mind of man, and analyzes 
and arranges its faculties. 
The knowledge of matter , which is included under the gene- 
ral term, Physics, may he considered under three general heads. 
1. Natural Philosophy, which considers the effects of bodies 
acting upon each other by their mechanical powers ; as their 
weight and motion. 
2. Chemistry, in which the properties, and mutual action of 
the elementary atoms of bodies are investigated. 
3. Natural History, which considers the external forms and 
characters of objects, and arranges them in classes. 
Natural History is divided into three branches. 
1. Zoology, which treats of animals. 
2. Botany, which treats of plants. 
3. Mineralogy, which treats of the inorganized masses of the 
globe ; as stones, earths, &c., Geology, which treats of mine- 
rals as they exist in masses forming rocks, is a branch of min- 
eralogy. 
Having thus presented you with this general view of the 
Divisions of the sciences which relate to mind. — Those which relate to 
matter. — Branches of Natural History. 
