2220. The faculty of thinking, however, can be compared to the ability of the internal organs to function according to their construction. This ability does not belong to the tissues or little vessels, but to the life within the tissues and little vessels. 1748, 6 June.
2220. In truth, the faculty of thought may be compared to the faculty [possessed by] the viscera, of acting according to composition; which faculty does not belong to the fibers or vessels, but to the life in the fibers and vessels. - 1748, June 6.
2220. Facultas vero cogitandi comparari potest facultati viscerum agendi secundum compositionem, quae facultas non est fibrarum seu vasculorum, sed est vitae in fibris et vasculis. 1748, 6 Junius.