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The Third Class Of Evils Comprise Those Which Everyone Causes To Himself By His Own Action. This Is The Largest Class, And Is Far More Numerous Than The Second Class. It Is Especially Of These Evils That All Men Complain, - Only Few Men Are Found That Do Not Sin Against Themselves By This Kind Of Evil. ...this Class Of Evil Originates In Man's Vices, Such As Excessive Desire For Eating, Drinking, And Love; Indulgence In These Things In Undue Measure, Or In Improper Manner, Or Partaking Of Bad Food. This Course Brings Diseases And Afflictions Upon The Body And Soul Alike.

For The Elements Have The Property Of Moving Back To Their Place In A Straight Line, But They Have No Properties Which Would Cause Them To Remain Where They Are, Or To Move Otherwise Than In A Straight Line. The Rectilinear Motions Of These Four Elements When Returning To Their Original Place Are Of Two Kinds, Either Centrifugal, Viz., The Motion Of The Air And The Fire; Or Centripedal, Viz., The Motion Of The Earth, And The Water; And When The Elements Have Reached Their Original Place, They Remain At Rest.

It Is Thus Necessary To Examine All Things According To Their Essence, To Infer From Every Species Such True And Well Established Propositions As May Assist Us In The Solution Of Metaphysical Problems.

It Is Of Great Advantage That Man Should Know His Station, And Not Imagine That The Whole Universe Exists Only For Him.

The Corporeal Element In Man Is A Large Screen And Partition That Prevents Him From Perfectly Perceiving Abstract Ideals; This Would Be The Case Even If The Corporeal Element Were As Pure And Superior As The Substance Of The Spheres ; How Much More Must This Be The Case With Our Dark And Opaque Body. However Great The Exertion Of Our Mind May Be To Comprehend The Divine Being Or Any Of The Ideals, We Find A Screen And Partition Between God And Us.