Arbuckle, James (d. 1742)

Hibernicus's Letters, No. 77 [Dublin Weekly Journal]

September 17, 1726

"I have now, Sir, laid open to you the Faculties of the Mind, and shewn that those of most Men consist but in a mechanical Operation, as well as those of other Animals."

I have now, Sir, laid open to you the Faculties of the Mind, and shewn that those of most Men consist but in a mechanical Operation, as well as those of other Animals. I have too good an Opinion of your Judgment, to think that you will look upon my Proofs as trifling and nugatory; I hope, on the contrary, they will appear to you as conclusive as the nature of the Question which I have been treating, will admit. But to remove all Prejudices and Difficulties from the Minds of the Readers, I desire they will compare my Arguments with those made use of by Mr. Bickerstaff, to prove that Dr. Partridge was dead in 1708. and to judge impartially if mine are not as natural and strong as those of that ingenious Gentleman.
(p. 199)

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At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1726, 1729, 1734).

The Dublin Weekly Journal ran from 3 April 1725 to 25 March 1727.

Text from James Arbuckle, A Collection of Letters and Essays on Several Subjects: Lately Publish'd in the Dublin Journal. In Two Volumes (London: Printed by J. Darby and T. Browne, 1729). <Link to vol. 2 in Google Books>

Republished as Hibernicus's Letters: or, a Philosophical Miscellany (London: Printed for J. Clark, T. Hatchet, E. Symon, 1734). <Link to ECCO>

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