BOOK I PART III
We have already seen the influence of the
two first qualities of the dye, viz. the causes,
and the number and indifference of the sides,
and have learned how they give an impulse to
the thought, and divide that impulse into as
many parts as there are unites in the number of
sides. We must now consider the effects of the
third particular, viz. the figures inscribed on
each side. It is evident that where several sides
have the same figure inscribe on them, they
must concur in their influence on the mind, and
must unite upon one image or idea of a figure
all those divided impulses, that were dispersed
over the several sides, upon which that figure
is inscribed. Were the question only what side
will be turned up, these are all perfectly equal,
and no one coued ever have any advantage
above another. But as the question is concern-
ing the figure, and as the same figure is pre-