IN THE SCIENCE OF THE HUMAN MIND, PART FIRST. BY THE REV. FREDERICK BEASLEY, D. D. PROVOST OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, MEMBER OF THE Ζητω την αλήθειαν υφ' ης εδεις πώποτε εβλαβη.--Marc. Anton. Inter silvas Academi quærere verum.-Horace. PHILADELPHIA: S. POTTER AND CO. No. 87 CHESNUT STREET. J. MAXWELL, PRINTER. 1822. 265. i. 252. EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the 18th day of January, in the fortysixth year of the independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1822, FREDERICK BEASLEY, D. D. of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author in the words following, to wit: A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind. Part first. By the Rev. Frederick Beasley, D. D. Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, Member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, and a Presbyter of the Episcopal Church. Ζητω την αληθειαν υφ' ης εδεις πώποτε εβλαβη.-Marc. Anton. Inter Silvas Academi quærere rerum.—Horace. In conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, intituled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an act entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Chap. 2 On the terms, cause, effect, law of nature, &c. Chap. 3 The opinions of Philosophers concerning cause, effect, phe- Chap. 4 The opinion of Mr. Hume on cause and effect, 25 31 47 83 Chap. 7 Primary and secondary qualities of body, Chap. 1 Of our acquired perceptions and the metaphysicks of vision, 391 Of the phenomena exhibited in the case of the young man A solution of the question, why we see objects erect when A solution of the question, do we originally see objects sin- gle or double with both eyes? Is our seeing objects single with both eyes an original or an acquired perception? Of that defect of vision called squinting; and the opinion of Chap. 3 Of deceptions of the senses, Why objects sometimes appear larger than they really are, An explanation of the appearances exhibited by the moun- |