BOOK I PART II
persuaded that its pleasure is entirely with-
out foundation. From these dispositions in
philosophers and their disciples arises that mu-
tual complaisance betwixt them; while the for-
mer furnish such plenty of strange and unac-
countable opinions, and the latter so readily
believe them. Of this mutual complaisance I
cannot give a more evident instance than in the
doctrine of infinite divisibility, with the exami-
nation of which I shall begin this subject of the
ideas of space and time.
It is universally allowed, that the capacity
of the mind is limited, and can never attain a
full and adequate conception of infinity: And
though it were not allowed, it would be suf-
ficiently evident from the plainest observation
and experience. It is also obvious, that what-
ever is capable of being divided in infinitum,