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to endeavour to turn it over upon hisa ^versaries, as something very unjustifiable,^hich therefore shewed the absurdity of. lr opinion, and then to endeavour to proveWas altogether singular. Here l\e sup-P°ses that the foul itself produces all it hears^ fees in sleep, that it thinks apart andle Parately at that time, and exerts the ut-^°st perfection it is capable of, when de-. * tll te of the help of the body. How un-^ u st and inaccurate a representation of theappearance is this ?

This phænomenon of steep and dreamingbefore, which hath been made use of toc *alt the nature of matter, and depress the^section of the foul, rightly considered^Ws the very contrary. It is upon the ac-^ u nt of the body that the activity of the. is restrained, that the region of memory^Covered up, and by the means of the bodythe foul is liable to be imposed upon.th’ opposition of appearances observable instate, (of fatigue and activity, of infenfi-^ lt y and life, at the same time) cannot fail0 shew us the opposite natures of the two^stituent parts of our composition. If tl is^Position of appearances had been less, or

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