coming reverence, what more likely, than Ch. V. A PERPETUAL ENERGY OF THE PUREST INTELLECT ABOUT THE FIRST, ALLCOMPREHENSIVE OBJECTS OF INTELLECTION, WHICH OBJECTS ARE NO OTHER THAN THAT INTELLECT ITSELF? For in pure INTELLECTION it holds the reverse of all Senfation, that THE PERCEIVER AND THING PERCEIVED are ALWAYS ONE AND THE SAME (e). "TWAS (ε) Ει ἔν ἔτως εὖ ἔχει, ὡς ἡμεῖς ποτὲ, ὁ Θεὸς ἀεὶ, θαυμασόν· ἐι δὲ μᾶλλον, ἔτι θαυμασιώτερον ἔχει δὲ ὧδε, καὶ ζωὴ δέ γε ὑπάρχει ἡ γὰρ Νῦ ἐνέρ ท γεια, ζωή· ̓Εκεῖνος δε, ἡ ἐνέργεια· ἐνέργεια δὲ ἡ καθ ̓ αυτήν, ἐκείνα ζωὴ ἀρίση καὶ αΐδιος. Φαμὲν δὲ τὸν Θεὸν εἶναι ζῶον αἴδιον, ἄριστον· ὥστε ζωὴ καὶ αιῶν συνε χῆς καὶ ἀἴδιος ὑπάρχει τῷ Θεῷ· ΤΟΥΤΟ γὰρ Ὁ ΘΕΟΣ, Τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσο Δ'. ζ'. 'Tis remarkable in Scripture that GOD is peculiarly characterized as A LIVING GOD, in oppofition to all falfe and imaginary Deities, of whom fome had no pretenfions to Life at all; others to none higher than that of Vegetables or Brutes; and the best were nothing better than illuftrious Men, whofe existence was circumfcribed by the short period of Humanity. Το Ch. V. "TWAS Speculation of this kind concerning THE DIVINE NATURE, which induced one of the wifest among the Antients to believe-" That the Man, "who could live in the pure enjoyment « of his Mind, and who properly culti«vated that divine Principle, was happiest " in himself, and most beloved by the Gods. "For if the Gods had any regard to "what past among Men (as it appeared they had) 'twas probable they fhould rejoice in that which was most excellent, " and by nature the most nearly allied to themselves; and, as this was MIND, "that they should requite the Man, who "moft loved and honoured This, both "from To the paffage above quoted, may be added another, which immediately precedes it. 'Ardè νοεῖ ὁ τῆς κατὰ μετάληψιν το νοητᾶ· νιητὸς γὰρ γίνεται, θιγάνων καὶ νοῶν· ὥσε ΤΑΥΤΟΝ ΝΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΝΟΗΤΟΝ. "from his regard to that which was Ch. V. "dear to themselves, and from his acting a Part, which was laudable and right (f)." AND thus in all SCIENCE there is fomething valuable for itself, because it contains within it fomething which is divine. (f) Ἠθικ Νικομαχ ̓ τὸ Κ'. κεφ. ή. End of the SECOND BOOK. HER OR, A Philofophical Inquiry CONCERNING UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR. BOOK III. CHAP. I. Introduction-Divifion of the Subject into its principal Parts. S OME things the MIND performs Ch. I. thro' the BODY; as for example, the various Works and Energies of Art. Others it performs without fuch Medium; as for example, when it thinks, and reafons, and concludes. Now tho' |