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Ihid. Sect. XVI

40. Ibid. Sect. XV, 4 : Some philosopher, I believe it is Descartes, has «aid: « 1 think, tberefore I exist». But this is not right reaaoning, becau^e thinking is a mode of existefMse ; and it is thence only saying, « I eiist, therefore I exist». For there are three modes of existence, or in the hmguage of grsmaiarians three Idnds «f verbs. First, simply I ara, or exist: Secondly^ I am actiag, or exist in a state of actif ity, as I meve. Thirdly, i am suffèriag, or exist in a stale af being «cted upon, as I am rooved.

41. AnalyiUj éhap. I, sect. vn, vol. I, p. 40 : There is nopartof our CoQScîonsness, which deserves greater attention than tbis (muscular sensations) ; though, till lately, it has been miserably overlooked. Bartley, Darwin, and Brovm, are the only phîlosopfaical inquirers into Mind, at least ia «ur ov?n oeuntry, wtio seem to bave been aware tfaat it fell within the province of tbeir spéculations.

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