BOOK II PART I
fected by these advantages?
But though the causes of pride and humility
be plainly natural, we shall find upon exami-
nation, that they are not original, and that it is
utterly impossible they should each of them be
adapted to these passions by a particular pro-
vision, and primary constitution of nature, Be-
side their prodigious number, many of them
are the effects of art, and arise partly from the
industry, partly from the caprice, and partly
from the good fortune of men, Industry pro-
duces houses, furniture, cloaths. Caprice deter-
mines their particular kinds and qualities. And
good fortune frequently contributes to all this,
by discovering the effects that result from the
different mixtures and combinations of bodies.
It is absurd, therefore, to imagine, that each of
these was foreseen and provided for by nature,