Excerpt from The Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity, Vol. 2: Illustrated; Being an Appendix to the Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit; To Which Is Added, an Answer to Several Persons Who Have Controverted the Principles of It Permit me, dear Sir, to flatter myfelf that; as you have followed the great Dr. Hartley in his application to' tbeologicdl, mathematical, and pbz'loj'opbical Prudies, and al-fo in his profeflion of the theory and praetice of medicine, you will {till putfue his footfteps, in applying the elements of all thefe branches of fcience to the far ther invefligation of the phenomena of the banana mind, which is a great and ample field, Worthy of your {uperior ta lents. 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.