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An inquiry how far the action of respiration, with those of sighing, coughing, &c. are agreeable to the foregoing theory 156

An inquiry how far convulsive motions are agreeable to the foregoing theory 160

An inquiry how far the actions of walking, handling, and speaking, are agreeable to the foregoing theory 161

Sect. VIII.

The Relation which the foregoing Theory bears to the Art of Physic.

The art of physic affords many proper tests of the doctrines of vibrations and association; and may receive considerable improvement from them, if they be true 166

CHAP. III.

CONTAINING A PARTICULAR APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING THEORY TO THE PHAENOMENA OF IDEAS, OR OF UNDERSTANDING, AFFECTION, MEMORY, AND IMAGINATION.

Sect. I.

Words, and the Ideas associated with them.

Words and phrases must excite ideas in us by association; and they excite ideas in us by no other means 169

The manner in which ideas are associated with words 170

Consequences of this association of ideas with words 175

The nature of characters intended to represent objects and ideas immediately, and without the intervention of words 182

The use of the foregoing theory for explaining the nature of figurative words and phrases, and of analogy 183

The use of the foregoing theory for explaining the languages and method of writing of the first ages of the world 187

The general nature of a philosophical language; with short hints concerning the methods in which one might be constructed 199