A question, therefore, may arise concerning the manner both of the concurrence and opposition.

As to the concurrence, there is only the choice left betwixt these two hypotheses.

First, That the view of the object, occasioned by the transference of each past experiment, preserves itself entire, and only multiplies the number of views.

Or, SECONDLY, That it runs into the other similar and correspondent views, and gives them a superior degree of force and vivacity.

But that the first hypothesis is erroneous, is evident from experience, which informs us, that the belief, attending any reasoning, consists in one conclusion, not in a multitude of similar ones, which would only distract the mind, and in many cases would be too numerous to be comprehended distinctly by any finite capacity.