and Jhewn inconclusive. 237

Cer tainly is surprising. If his books had been^tten with a design to excite men to try

what

a y- Therefore we can never draw the designed infe--j, let us make which of the suppositions we please.» 15 1* generally the fate of seep ticking; the designgrates itself.

make this a little plainer. If matter be supposed^ e Jsary i n the representation of this pheenomenon ofliming, it must be contradictory to infer from the/*^ n °menon itself that matter does not exist. And if^ tte r be supposed not to exist in the representation of6 Phenomenon; it must be equally absurd from sup-ltl g it not to exisi, to infer that therefore it does notj. U(, lly exisi. There is no difference made on that^Position between the appearances of objects in sleep,their appearance at other times; i. e. the difference^ ^hich the argument proceeds, is taken away by thesupposition of the argument; and it is made tocon-* di $ itself, as before.

^ It should be said, that it is not necessary to make^ apposition at all concerning the existence of mat-s' . 111 this appearance, but to take the appearance it-^ as We find it: I answer, firsi , That is impossible ;

? 1 Ue siion is concerning the existence of matter, andth^ Ptoved dubious from a certain appearance;£. ere si>re it must be supposed either dubious , or not du-before-hand. And, secondly, not to consider withk and care every circumstance of an appearance,

0stl Which we would infer such a weighty inference,