Themindatthesametimealsoperceivedmagnitudes, figures, motions, andthelike, whichwerenotpresentedtoitassensationsbutasthingsorthemodesofthingsexisting, oratleastcapableofexistingoutofthought, , whichhasbeensofabricatedbynaturethatitcanofitsowninherentpowermoveitselfinvariousways, byturningitselfatrandomoneveryside, followedafterwhatwasusefulandavoidedwhatwasdetrimental; themind, whichwascloselyconnectedwithit, reflectingontheobjectsitpursuedoravoided, remarked, forthefirsttime, thattheyexistedoutofitself, andnotonlyattributedtothemmagnitudes, figures, motions, andthelike, whichitapprehendedeitherasthingsorasthemodesofthings, but, inaddition, attributedtothemtastes, odours, andtheotherideasofthatsort, thesensationsofwhichwerecausedbyitself; [18] andasitonlyconsideredotherobjectsinsofarastheywereusefultothebody, inwhichitwasimmersed, itjudgedthattherewasgreaterorlessrealityineachobject, , , theairwasthoughttobemerelynothingsolongasweexperiencednoagitationofitbythewind, , , sincetheminddidnotobservethattheearthmovedonitsaxis, orthatitssuperficieswascurvedlikethatofaglobe, , andadmittedaspossessedofthehighesttruthandclearness, asiftheyhadbeenknownbymeansofoursenses, orimplantedinusbynature.
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