Mala enim, et impia consuetudo est contra Deos disputandi, sive ex IN SIX VOLUMES. VOL. IV. CICERO LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. BECKET, PALL MALE, BOOKSELLER TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AND THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, THE DUKES OF YORK AND 1794. if comm. CONTENTS. DIFFICULTY and importance of metaphysical in- quiries---Of the soul---The known properties of mat- `` ter not sufficient to account for the phænomena of mind ---these not explicable on the theory of organiza- tion---mind as well as body only known in its proper- ties---the distinct existence of each equally capable of proof---the union of mind and matter inexplicable ---Various and contradictory-opinions of the ancients concerning the soul---personal identity dependant on consciousness---The utility and importance of the doctrine of immortality---proofs, from the nature of the soul---from the general sense of mankind---how Analogical arguments for a future state---Moral argu- VOL. IV. a 2 migration |