BOOK I PART III
at once, this principle directs us not to consider
all of them at once as lying uppermost; which
we look upon as impossible: Neither does it
direct us with its entire force to any particular
side; for in that case this side would be consid-
ered as certain and inevitable; but it directs us
to the whole six sides after such a manner as to
divide its force equally among them. We con-
clude in general, that some one of them must
result from the throw: We run all of them over
in our minds: The determination of the thought
is common to all; but no more of its force falls
to the share of any one, than what is suitable to
its proportion with the rest. It is after this man-
ner the original impulse, and consequently the
vivacity of thought, arising from the causes, is
divided and split in pieces by the intermingled
chances.