278 Dean Berkeley V scheme exatnlti^i

the argument is at end with him {$)• ^man can ever be seriousty persuaded, th^this Author's scheme is true in fact, let h ,siluse the utmost violence possible to his reafo^'The thing itself is of such a nature, that itwill not admit of belief: so far is the c° 0 'trary from being a downright contradi$ i3f{ ’as he fays. And it is wonderful that he shot"be so peremptory in direct oppolition to £ ^ esense of mankind. However we shall g°to ssiew, in consequence of what was said i 1 *N° 6. how possible matter is j and that th& Sis all the evidence for the real existence of Jt >that the nature of things can admit of,less we will require the contradiction th es6named to be proved. And first, if matt^had not been possible at least, no man WEever have had any idea of it at all. Tootf^the reason of this before given, (N° 6.) ^us consider that whatever part of an idea lSnot perceived, is no part of it; its ejfe is really

(q) It is to no purpose to insist longer on any thfiZcontained in his Book. It will all be found to be a repetition of this supposed demonstration. He carps ve smuch in his Introduction at abstract ideas; but the ufulness and necdlity of them is never a whit the lest >remarkable enough instance of which will appear 1111mediately.

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