BOOK I PART III
thing, which gives it the superiority, and de-
termines the event rather to that side than the
other: That is, in other words, we must allow of
a cause, and destroy the supposition of chance;
which we had before established. A perfect
and total indifference is essential to chance, and
one total indifference can never in itself be ei-
ther superior or inferior to another. This truth
is not peculiar to my system, but is acknowl-
edged by every one, that forms calculations
concerning chances.
And here it is remarkable, that though
chance and causation be directly contrary, yet
it is impossible for us to conceive this combi-
nation of chances, which is requisite to render
one hazard superior to another, without sup-
posing a mixture of causes among the chances,
and a conjunction of necessity in some particu-