BOOK I PART III
First, We have already observed, that the
mind is determined by custom to pass from
any cause to its effect, and that upon the ap-
pearance of the one, it is almost impossible
for it not to form an idea of the other. Their
constant conjunction in past instances has pro-
duced such a habit in the mind, that it always
conjoins them in its thought, and infers the ex-
istence of the one from that of its usual atten-
dant. When it considers the dye as no longer
supported by the box, it can not without vi-
olence regard it as suspended in the air; but
naturally places it on the table, and views it
as turning up one of its sides. This is the ef-
fect of the intermingled causes, which are req-
uisite to our forming any calculation concern-
ing chances.
Secondly, It is supposed, that though the dye