Every sensation of mine, which happens in consequence of the general known laws of nature, & is from without, i.e. independent of my will, demonstrates the being of a God, i.e. of an unextended, incorporeal spirit, which is omnipresent, omnipotent, &c.
M.
I say not with J.S. [John Sergeant] that we see solids. I reject his “solid philosophy”—solidity being only perceived by touch[188].
S.
It seems to me that will and understanding—volitions and ideas—cannot be separated, that either cannot be possibly without the other.
E. S.
Some ideas or other I must have, so long as I exist or will. But no one idea or sort of ideas being essential[189].
M.