Excerpt from The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Vol. 3 of 3: Consisting of the Inferno Purgatorio and Paradiso Having laid this foundation, as a principle common to all philofophers, and which admits of no doubt, he proceeds to enumerate all the poffible ways by which the ideas Of fenfible Objects may be prefented to ithe Mind Either, Iii, They come from the Bodies which we perceive; or, zdly', The. Soul has the power of pro ducing' them in itfelf or, 3dly, They are produced by the Deity, either in our creation, or occafionally as there is ufe for them; or, 4thly, The Soul has, in it felf, virtually and eminently, as the Schoolmen fay. 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.