BOOK I PART IV
which I suppose myself under necessity of as-
signing some substance, or ground of inhesion.
I observe first the universe of objects or of body:
The sun, moon and stars; the earth, seas, plants,
animals, men, ships, houses, and other produc-
tions either of art or nature. Here Spinoza ap-
pears, and tells me, that these are only mod-
ifications; and that the subject, in which they
inhere, is simple, incompounded, and indivis-
ible. After this I consider the other system
of beings, viz. the universe of thought, or
my impressions and ideas. There I observe
another sun, moon and stars; an earth, and
seas, covered and inhabited by plants and ani-
mals; towns, houses, mountains, rivers; and in
short every thing I can discover or conceive in
the first system. Upon my enquiring concern-
ing these, Theologians present themselves, and
tell me, that these also are modifications, and