424 Obje&ions to the immateriality

childish simplicity in supposing, that a manfiould feel his foul go out whole and entire ,through his throat. This is supposing itstill material ; that the parts of the throatand it should adl and re-a5l against one an-other ; while he is making it an argument,that this would be the appearance, if it wereimmaterial. Why should the throat be theout-let to the soul ? Doth immaterial sub-stance want an open passage and room ?Jffjiare animam is but a metaphorical expres-sion. He supposes perhaps, that his adversa-ries place the foul in the lungs, as he placesthe mind in the middle of the breast (m).He fancies also that the man hath still senseand perception left in the parts of his body,when that which he allows to be the percipi-ent hath abandoned them, and is taking its

flight. But these are the absurd prejudices

this fays, if the foul were immaterial, or did not growup with thebody; that would have been the cafe, whichis really the cafe.

Sedvelut in cavea, per fe fibi vivere folamConvenit ; ut senfu corpus tamen ajjiuat crnntr.

Ver. 684.

t/n) —Cons Hum , quodnos animum mentemque vocamus:Idquestium media regione inpetfaris bœret.

Ver. 140.

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