Fa. Why then, is the Mind corporeal, so as to be affected with corporeal Things?
Eu. Indeed the Nature itself of the rational Soul is not corrupted; but the Power and Action of it are impeded by the Organs being vitiated, as the Art of an Artist will stand him in no Stead, if he has not Instruments.
Fa. Of what Bulk, and in what Form is the Mind?
Eu. You ask a ridiculous Question, what Bulk and Form the Mind is of, when you have allow'd it to be incorporeal.
Fa. I mean the Body that is felt.
Eu. Nay, those Bodies that are not to be felt are the most perfect Bodies, as God and the Angels.
Fa. I have heard that God and Angels are Spirits, but we feel the Spirit.
Eu. The Holy Scriptures condescend to those low Expressions, because of the Dullness of Men, to signify a Mind pure from all Commerce of sensible Things.
Fa. Then what is the Difference between an Angel and a Mind?
Eu. The same that is between a Snail and a Cockle, or, if you like the Comparison better, a Tortoise.