TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . !^NIMA OVERS ION, By Way of Recapitulation, On the Third Book of I U C R E T I U HEN Lucretius difputes of Matter,and its Motions, if you except onlyfome of his AfTertions, that are Jeveldagainft Providence, which of the Phi-lofophers argues more rationally,6r morepertinently to his Subjedt ? But whenhe comes to reafon of Things removdrem Senfe, of the Soul, and its Faculties, no Man is moreA/eak, none more wide from the Purpofe. Let us but confi-ier what a Soul he has fabricated for himfelf: A fubtile cor-poreal Subftance, composed of minute and
TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . !^NIMA OVERS ION, By Way of Recapitulation, On the Third Book of I U C R E T I U HEN Lucretius difputes of Matter,and its Motions, if you except onlyfome of his AfTertions, that are Jeveldagainft Providence, which of the Phi-lofophers argues more rationally,6r morepertinently to his Subjedt ? But whenhe comes to reafon of Things removdrem Senfe, of the Soul, and its Faculties, no Man is moreA/eak, none more wide from the Purpofe. Let us but confi-ier what a Soul he has fabricated for himfelf: A fubtile cor-poreal Subftance, composed of minute and voluble Parts ofWind, Air, and Heat; that are diifusd thro the whole Bo-dy in fuch a Manner, as to be feparated from one anotherby very fmall Intervals of Space. To thefe three he adds afourth I know not what namelefs Thing, extreamly fubtile,and moft eafy to be movd, which being feated in the Heart,is the Principle of Senfe, and perceives the Images that corfrom all Things: and this is the perfetft and confumr? alcSoul of the Epicureans: Now let us imagine a Spidta Box, that flie has fpun her Web thro* the whole Cavity o
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