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when all is at rest and silent, and the im-pressions on the sensory designedly sealed upfrom the view of the mind; it is easy, ashas been observed (N° 1 3. Sect. V. Vol. I.)to make new and foreign impressions on thesensory; nothing else acting upon it at the

an impossible appearance , if the regular motions of the a-nimal œconomy were productive of sense and life. Butseethe Note {h) N° 15. Sect. V. Vol. I. That the soulcannot be the result of an individual disposition of matter ;nor therefore of aright dispofition ; nor therefore, a fortio-ri, of a wrong disposition', nor therefore, at last, of any dis-position', as also the Note at(/) N° 17. ibid. concerningthe notion of a power not permanent and inherent in anysubjeSi, but constantly generated , constantly dying , exist-ing by momentary parts, &c. Lucretius himself ownsthat the foul doth not sleep with the body, and thatsleep is not an affection of the whole man, as Mr. Lockeseems to think. He fays,

Nec ratione alia , cum fomnus membra profudit,i/lens animi vigilat ; nisi quod simulacra lacejfuntHac eadem nosiros animos, qua, qu'om vigilamusUsque adeb eerie ut videamur cernere eum , quetfiReddita vitai jam more, & terra potita ’st.

Lib. IV. ver. 761.This is remarkable enough in one who asserts materialsouls. After this, it must be in vain, one would think,for latter Writers to go about to deny, or diminish thisappearance; as in many cafes they endeavour to do.

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