Excerpt from The Elements of Logick: In Four Books Felt/es. Hereby we become acquainted with the Extent and Capacity of the human Mind, and learning to diflinguifh What Objee'ts it is fuited to, and in what manner it mull: proceed, in or der to compafs its ends, we arrive by degrees at that Jufinefs and Truth Of Underftanding, which is the great Perfeetion of a rational Being. II. IF we look attentively into Things, and furvey them in their full Extent, we fee them rifing one above another' in various Degrees of Eminence. Among the inanimate Parts of Matter, fome exhibit nothing worthy our At tention, their Parts feem as it were jumbled to gether by mere Chance, nor can we difcover any Beauty, Order, or Regularity in their Compofi tion. In others we difcern the finefl Arrange ment, and a certain Elegance of Contexture, that makes us adix to them a Notion of Worth and Excellence. Thus Metals and precious Stones, are conceived as far furpafling thofe un formed Malies of Earth, that lie every where ex pofed to view. If we trace Nature onward, and purfue her through the vegetable and animal Kingdoms, we find her f'rill multiplying her Per feetions, and rifing by a juf'c Gradation, from mere Mechanifm'to Perception, and from Per ception in all its various Degrees, to Reafon and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.