BOOK I PART IV
ophy, whose sovereign authority ought every
where to be acknowledged, to oblige her on
every occasion to make apologies for her con-
clusions, and justify herself to every particu-
lar art and science, which may be offended at
her. This puts one in mind of a king arrainged
for high-treason against his subjects. There is
only one occasion, when philosophy will think
it necessary and even honourable to justify her-
self, and that is, when religion may seem to be
in the least offended; whose rights are as dear
to her as her own, and are indeed the same.
If any one, therefore, should imagine that the
foregoing arguments are any ways dangerous
to religion, I hope the following apology will
remove his apprehensions.
There is no foundation for any conclusiona
priori, either concerning the operations or du-