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  1   I,    0, 1    |           or the science of human nature, may be treated after two
  2   I,    0, 2    |        manners. They regard human nature as a subject of speculation;
  3   I,    0, 4    |    industry. It seems, then, that nature has pointed out a mixed
  4   I,    0, 7    |        enquire seriously into the nature of human understanding,
  5   I,    0, 8    |     powers and faculties of human nature. It is remarkable concerning
  6   I,    0, 8    |         penetration, derived from nature, and improved by habit and
  7   I,    0, 9    |          regard to other parts of nature. And there is no reason
  8   I,    0, 10   |       reasonings concerning human nature seem abstract, and of difficult
  9  II,    0, 13   |   restrained within the limits of nature and reality. To form monsters,
 10  II,    0, 13   |        the unbounded chaos, where nature is supposed to lie in total
 11  II,    0, 17   |           arise, concerning their nature and reality.*~But admitting
 12  IV,    I, 20   |           a circle or triangle in nature, the truths demonstrated
 13  IV,    I, 21   |          however great, of a like nature with the foregoing. The
 14  IV,    I, 21   |            to enquire what is the nature of that evidence which assures
 15  IV,    I, 22   |   concerning fact are of the same nature. And here it is constantly
 16  IV,    I, 22   |          other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they
 17  IV,    I, 23   |         therefore, concerning the nature of that evidence, which
 18  IV,    I, 24   |           to the common course of nature, are also readily confessed
 19  IV,    I, 24   |    analogy to the whole course of nature, and which are supposed
 20  IV,    I, 25   |           us that all the laws of nature, and all the operations
 21  IV,    I, 26   |         we shall ever discover in nature; and we may esteem ourselves
 22  IV,    I, 27   |           laws are established by nature in her operations; and abstract
 23  IV,   II, 28   |          it is asked, What is the nature of all our reasonings concerning
 24  IV,   II, 29   |        certainly be allowed, that nature has kept us at a great distance
 25  IV,   II, 29   |           which it knows of their nature. As to past Experience,
 26  IV,   II, 30   |  contradiction that the course of nature may change, and that an
 27  IV,   II, 31   |    examine the principle of human nature, which gives this mighty
 28  IV,   II, 31   |        from that similarity which nature has placed among different
 29  IV,   II, 32   |         it demonstrative: Of what nature is it, then? To say it is
 30  IV,   II, 32   |      suspicion that the course of nature may change, and that the
 31  IV,   II, 32   |       pretend to have learned the nature of bodies from your past
 32  IV,   II, 32   |          experience. Their secret nature, and consequently all their
 33   V,    I, 34   |          the empty and transitory nature of riches and honours, we
 34   V,    I, 34   |           as well as speculation. Nature will always maintain her
 35   V,    I, 34   |        influence as long as human nature remains the same. What that
 36   V,    I, 36   |          out a principle of human nature, which is universally acknowledged,
 37   V,    I, 36(*)|         by considering priori the nature of things, and examining
 38   V,    I, 36(*)|           and corruption of human nature, teaches, that no man can
 39   V,    I, 36   |       general corruption of human nature, and shows us the danger
 40   V,    I, 37   |           but did nothing of this nature occur to him, he could never
 41   V,    I, 38   |       examine more accurately the nature of this belief, and of the
 42   V,   II, 39   |   pleasure. It must be excited by nature, like all other sentiments;
 43   V,   II, 39   |           this consists the whole nature of belief. For as there
 44   V,   II, 40   |      consists not in the peculiar nature or order of ideas, but in
 45   V,   II, 41   |        have already observed that nature has established connexions
 46   V,   II, 41   |          as instances of the same nature. The devotees of that superstition
 47   V,   II, 44   |           senses, is of a similar nature, and arises from similar
 48   V,   II, 44   |     harmony between the course of nature and the succession of our
 49   V,   II, 44   |           with the other works of nature. Custom is that principle,
 50   V,   II, 45   |         to the ordinary wisdom of nature to secure so necessary an
 51   V,   II, 45   |          of the understanding. As nature has taught us the use of
 52  VI,    0, 46   |       probable; and this the very nature of chance, to render all
 53  VI,    0, 46   |       inexplicable contrivance of nature, the sentiment of belief,
 54  VI,    0, 46   |   security, which constitutes the nature of belief and opinion.~
 55  VI,    0, 47   |       this to any irregularity in nature; but suppose, that some
 56 VII,    I, 48   |    progress; considering how soon nature throws a bar to all our
 57 VII,    I, 52   |        there any principle in all nature more mysterious than the
 58 VII,    I, 52   |         of soul and body, and the nature of both these substances;
 59 VII,    I, 53   |         to be acquainted with the nature of the human soul and the
 60 VII,    I, 53   |         of the human soul and the nature of an idea, or the aptitude
 61 VII,    I, 53   |         any acquaintance with the nature of cause and effect, but
 62 VII,    I, 53   |         all the various scenes of nature? So far from being conscious
 63 VII,    I, 54   |        and familiar operations of nature - such as the descent of
 64 VII,    I, 54   |         from the common powers of nature. But philosophers, who carry
 65 VII,    I, 55   |      every event which appears in nature. They pretend that those
 66 VII,    I, 55   |         not any power or force in nature, but a volition of the Supreme
 67 VII,    I, 55   |        derived from the author of nature, it is the Deity himself,
 68 VII,    I, 56   |          his concession: They rob nature, and all created beings,
 69  II,    0, 58   |       appears not, throughout all nature, any one instance of connexion
 70  II,    0, 59   |      judge of the whole course of nature from one single experiment,
 71  II,    0, 59   |         several instances of this nature, he then pronounces them
 72 VIII,    I, 64  |         motion is, by the laws of nature, prescribed with such exactness
 73 VIII,    I, 64  |        that, if all the scenes of nature were continually shifted
 74 VIII,    I, 64  |      concerning the operations of nature would, from that moment,
 75 VIII,    I, 64  |   observable in the operations of nature, where similar objects are
 76 VIII,    I, 65  |          and ages, and that human nature remains still the same,
 77 VIII,    I, 65  |     universal principles of human nature, by showing men in all varieties
 78 VIII,    I, 65  |       becomes acquainted with the nature of plants, minerals, and
 79 VIII,    I, 65  |         contrary to the course of nature, and that no human motives,
 80 VIII,    I, 65  |           the principles of human nature, and regulate our future
 81 VIII,    I, 65  |         give us the clue of human nature, and teach us to unravel
 82 VIII,    I, 66  |            is found in no part of nature. On the contrary, from observing
 83 VIII,    I, 66  |        different characters which nature has impressed upon the sexes,
 84 VIII,    I, 67  |           appear in the course of nature, and the operations of external
 85 VIII,    I, 67  |           almost in every part of nature, there is contained a vast
 86 VIII,    I, 67  |         no proof that the laws of nature are not observed with the
 87 VIII,    I, 68  |       constant character of human nature; though it be applicable,
 88 VIII,    I, 69  |         and effect in any part of nature; but also that this regular
 89 VIII,    I, 70  |         that they are of the same nature, and derived from the same
 90 VIII,    I, 70  |          than upon the inflexible nature of the other. The same prisoner,
 91 VIII,    I, 70  |         name of things; but their nature and their operation on the
 92 VIII,    I, 70  |         known principles of human nature. A man who at noon leaves
 93 VIII,    I, 70  |           inferences of a similar nature, attended with more or less
 94 VIII,    I, 71  |        farther into the powers of nature, and perceive something
 95 VIII,    I, 74  |           has anywhere a being in nature. But it is pretended that
 96 VIII,   II, 76  |        Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing;
 97 VIII,   II, 76  |         and leave nothing of that nature behind them, it is impossible
 98 VIII,   II, 79  |           of all the phenomena of nature, conclude, that the WHOLE,
 99 VIII,   II, 79  |    comprehend the whole system of nature, every event became an object
100 VIII,   II, 80  |       mind of man is so formed by nature that, upon the appearance
101 VIII,   II, 80  |          the primary intention of nature as those which more directly
102  IX,    0, 83   |    treasure up a knowledge of the nature of fire, water, earth, stones,
103  IX,    0, 84   |            and that the course of nature will always be regular in
104  IX,    0, 84   |     reality any arguments of this nature, they surely lie too abstruse
105  IX,    0, 84   |      governed by the same maxims. Nature must have provided some
106  IX,    0, 85   |   accustomed to the uniformity of nature, we acquire a general habit,
107  IX,    0, 94   |         from the original hand of nature; which much exceed the share
108   X,    I, 95   |  discovered an argument of a like nature, which, if just, will, with
109   X,    I, 97   |      qualities, inherent in human nature, we should never repose
110   X,    I, 98   |        that arose from a state of nature, with which he was unacquainted,
111   X,    I, 98(*)|         climates. This is placing nature in a situation quite unknown
112   X,    I, 98(*)|       experience of the course of nature in cases where all the circumstances
113   X,    I, 99   |          violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable
114   X,    I, 99   |          a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire
115   X,    I, 99   |          agreeable to the laws of nature, and there is required a
116   X,    I, 99   |           in the common course of nature. It is no miracle that a
117   X,    I, 99   |          and full proof, from the nature of the fact, against the
118   X,    I, 99(*)|           contrary to the laws of nature, and yet, if it were real,
119   X,    I, 99(*)|           contrary to the laws of nature. For if any suspicion remain,
120   X,    I, 99(*)|      transgression of the laws of nature. If this suspicion be removed,
121   X,    I, 99(*)|           can be more contrary to nature than that the voice or command
122   X,    I, 99(*)|         transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition
123   X,    I, 99(*)|          not. This alters not its nature and essence. The raising
124   X,   II, 102  |           We may observe in human nature a principle which, if strictly
125   X,   II, 103  |          where the whole frame of nature is disjointed, and every
126   X,   II, 103  |  thoroughly extirpated from human nature.~ It is strange, a judicious
127   X,   II, 105  |        which if we add the public nature of the facts, as related,
128   X,   II, 105  |          miracle of so singular a nature as could scarcely admit
129   X,   II, 105  |          to reject a fact of this nature, to be able accurately to
130   X,   II, 105  |       impossibility or miraculous nature of the events, which they
131   X,   II, 106  |          How many stories of this nature have in all ages, been detected
132   X,   II, 106  |          most established laws of nature?~ I need not mention the
133   X,   II, 107  |      proof, derived from the very nature of the fact, which it would
134   X,   II, 107  |         assures us of the laws of nature. When, therefore, these
135   X,   II, 108  | violations of the usual course of nature, of such a kind as to admit
136   X,   II, 108  |    corruption, and dissolution of nature, is an event rendered probable
137   X,   II, 108  |          violation of the laws of nature.~ But should this miracle
138   X,   II, 108  |            in the usual course of nature. This still reduces us to
139   X,   II, 108  |          violation of the laws of nature by miracles, in order to
140   X,   II, 108  |        rare, and extraordinary in nature. But this must be done with
141   X,   II, 109  |         of the world and of human nature entirely different from
142   X,   II, 110  |      exceed the capacity of human nature to foretell future events,
143  XI,    0, 114  |         derived from the order of nature; where there appear such
144  XI,    0, 114  |    latitude than the phenomena of nature will justify. These are
145  XI,    0, 115  |         find certain phenomena in nature. You seek a cause or author.
146  XI,    0, 115  |        the present appearances of nature: and presume not to alter
147  XI,    0, 116  |        for the ill appearances of nature, and save the honour of
148  XI,    0, 116  |          to justify the course of nature upon suppositions, which,
149  XI,    0, 116  |           traces in the course of nature?~ The religious hypothesis,
150  XI,    0, 116  |           exist, in the course of nature, which may serve as a fuller
151  XI,    0, 117  |          the experienced order of nature, by arguing from the attributes
152  XI,    0, 118  |       reverse the whole course of nature, as to render this life
153  XI,    0, 119  |        antagonists. The course of nature lies open to my contemplation
154  XI,    0, 119  |          argue from the course of nature, and infer a particular
155  XI,    0, 119  |       entirely from the course of nature, we can never, according
156  XI,    0, 119  |         and experienced course of nature, establish any new principles
157  XI,    0, 120  |       with regard to the order of nature? Consider the world and
158  XI,    0, 121  |       according to the laws which nature has established for the
159  XI,    0, 121  |     otherwise acquainted with the nature of the animal, we can draw
160  XI,    0, 122  |      reasonings from the works of nature. The Deity is known to us
161  XI,    0, 122  |          addition to the works of nature makes an addition to the
162  XI,    0, 122  |       attributes of the Author of nature; and consequently, being
163  XI,    0, 122  |       that the ordinary course of nature may convince us, that almost
164  XI,    0, 122  |           much superior. In human nature, there is a certain experienced
165  XI,    0, 123  |         in the ordinary course of nature. Whether this reasoning
166  XI,    0, 124  |           too nice and delicate a nature. In a word, I much doubt
167  XI,    0, 124  |         singular and particular a nature as to have no parallel and
168  XI,    0, 124  |      follow in inferences of this nature; both the effect and cause
169 XII,    I, 126  |       other appearances of a like nature. These sceptical topics,
170 XII,    I, 126  |  considerations, derived from the nature of the medium, the distance
171 XII,    I, 127  |          and powerful instinct of nature, they always suppose the
172 XII,    I, 128  |          the primary instincts of nature, and to embrace a new system
173 XII,    I, 128  |          irresistible instinct of nature: for that led us to a quite
174 XII,    I, 128  |    different, and even contrary a nature.~ It is a question of fact,
175 XII,    I, 128  |         other questions of a like nature. But here experience is,
176 XII,    I, 130  |     instincts and propensities of nature, may they say, in assenting
177 XII,    I, 131  |         sceptical topic of a like nature, derived from the most profound
178 XII,   II, 135  |        powerful principles of our nature, they vanish like smoke,
179 XII,   II, 136  |           certain instinct of our nature; which it is indeed difficult
180 XII,   II, 137  |           till the necessities of nature, unsatisfied, put an end
181 XII,   II, 137  |        very little to be dreaded. Nature is always too strong for
182 XII,  III, 138  |        which is inherent in human nature. In general, there is a
183 XII,  III, 139  |      worlds, and the situation of nature, from, and to eternity?~
184 XII,  III, 141  |  experience, which teaches us the nature and bounds of cause and