APPENDIX
actuated and moved by them. It acquiesces in
them; and, in a manner, fixes and reposes itself
on them. In short, they approach nearer to the
impressions, which are immediately present to
us; and are therefore analogous to many other
operations of the mind.
There is not, in my opinion, any possibility
of evading this conclusion, but by asserting,
that belief, beside the simple conception, con-
sists in some impression or feeling, distinguish-
able from the conception. It does not mod-
ify the conception, and render it more present
and intense: It is only annexed to it, after the
same manner that will and desire are annexed
to particular conceptions of good and pleasure.
But the following considerations will, I hope,
be sufficient to remove this hypothesis. First,
It is directly contrary to experience, and our