[738] Reid's Essays, vol. i. pp. 115, 116, 288–299, vol. ii. p. 251.
[739] Or, as he expresses it, ‘our belief of the continuance of the laws of nature.’ Reid's Inquiry, pp. 426–435; also his Essays, vol. i. p. 305, vol. ii. p. 268.
[740] Reid's Essays, vol. ii. p. 259.
[741] Reid's Inquiry, p. 422; and his Essays, vol. ii. p. 266.
[742] ‘Another first principle is, “That the natural faculties by which we distinguish truth from error are not fallacious.”’ Reid's Essays, vol. ii. p. 256.
[743] ‘Another first principle I take to be, “That certain features of the countenance, sounds of the voice, and gestures of the body, indicate certain thoughts and dispositions of mind.”’ Reid's Essays, vol. ii. p. 261. Compare his Inquiry, p. 416.
[744] ‘We have taken notice of several original principles of belief in the course of this inquiry; and when other faculties of the mind are examined, we shall find more, which have not occurred in the examination of the five senses.’ Reid's Inquiry, p. 471.
[745] ‘And if no philosopher had attempted to define and explain belief, some paradoxes in philosophy, more incredible than ever were brought forth by the most abject superstition, or the most frantic enthusiasm, had never seen the light.’ Reid's Inquiry, p. 45.
[746] Reid's Essays, vol. i. p. 329, 334, vol. ii. p. 247.
[747] Reid's Essays, vol. i. pp. 9, 71, 303, 304.