Fromthedescriptionofinanimatebodiesandplants, Ipassedtoanimals, , thatistosay, bydeducingeffectsfromtheircauses, andbyshowingfromwhatelementsandinwhatmannernaturemustproducethem, IremainedsatisfiedwiththesuppositionthatGodformedthebodyofmanwhollyliketooneofours, aswellintheexternalshapeofthemembersasintheinternalconformationoftheorgans, ofthesamematterwiththatIhaddescribed, andatfirstplacedinitnorationalsoul, noranyotherprinciple, inroomofthevegetativeorsensitivesoul, beyondkindlingintheheartoneofthosefireswithoutlight, suchasIhadalreadydescribed, andwhichIthoughtwasnotdifferentfromtheheatinhaythathasbeenheapedtogetherbeforeitisdry, , whenIexaminedthekindoffunctionswhichmight, asconsequencesofthissupposition, existinthisbody, Ifoundpreciselyallthosewhichmayexistinusindependentlyofallpowerofthinking, andconsequentlywithoutbeinginanymeasureowingtothesoul; inotherwords, tothatpartofuswhichisdistinctfromthebody, andofwhichithasbeensaidabovethatthenaturedistinctivelyconsistsinthinking, functionsinwhichtheanimalsvoidofreasonmaybesaidwhollytoresembleus; butamongwhichIcouldnotdiscoveranyofthosethat, asdependentonthoughtalone, belongtousasmen, while, ontheotherhand, IdidafterwardsdiscovertheseassoonasIsupposedGodtohavecreatedarationalsoul, andtohaveannexedittothisbodyinaparticularmannerwhichIdescribed.
