is remov'd, will return to its first
Dimensions: And the Blade of a
Sword being bent by being thrust
against the Floor; as soon as the
force ceases, restores itself, by its
innate power, to its former straight∣ness:
And Water, being made Hot
by the fire, when 'tis removed
thence, hastens to recover its former
Coldness.
But though I take this Argument
to have much more weight in it,
than the foregoing; because it seems
to be grounded upon such real Phae∣nomena
of Nature, as those newly
recited, yet I do not look upon it as
Cogent.
In Answer to it therefore, I shall
represent, that it appears by the In∣stances
lately mention'd, that the
Proposers of the Argument ground
it on the affections of Inanimate
Bodies. Now, an Inanimate Por∣tion
of Matter being confessedly de∣void
of Knowledge and Sense, I see
no Reason, why we should not think
it uncapable of being concern'd to be
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