Excerpt from Elements of Somatology: A Treatise on the General Properties of MatterNature may be defined the system of the world or the universe, and may be considered as embracing two great departments, mind and matter. Mind is the part ot'a being Which perceives, thinks, wills, and is susceptible of moral emotion. Matter or substance is What may be seen or felt, or may affect any of our senses. Of the absolute nature of either mind or matter we can have no definite idea, we know them only by their properties: these are so different as to lead, perhaps universally, to the division of general sciences into two great classes corresponding to the two objects of contemplation, viz. Metaphysics, the science of mind, and Natural Philosophy, the science of matter. These, though to a certain extent independent, are, never.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.