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SOP!H,

tid:

:;i';cn to Ihe empcror of

PerGa; importing

étS

I\luch

.15

\\if<:,

fJ gc. or I'hi lofophc r. Tht!rl! is no prin\ e

in (he \\',)lld whofe

~nthori 'y

is more abffJJute than

lh.a

of [he fcphi o(

l\:rli~.

SOPIIlSM. in logie,

ce.

an al'gumcnt which cafri es much

o( Ihe

<l ~\pl:;\r:lII:::("

or u mh,

~nJ

yet kads iOIO error.

SO Pi 115T, a

pcrro~

",ho ufes rophirms, \Vith a view tO

dccri,'c

Ihore

II~

,""ould pcrfu:l:d: or convincc.

SOPHISTI C:\TION, the a¿uheming any thing \Vith

what

¡,

nut good or genuint'; a praéhce

tOO

common in

th~

m;!.king up

n~('4icincs

fur [JI::

as :1:1

<lmong vintners

diHi l l('l"~.

;H1\1

ot!lcrs,

who are accufed of

fuphirli cali ng

their

\Vine~.

(¡ÚiIS,

oi1s ,

Cc.

mixing with them e_cap.

er ar.d coarf(.'r matcríals: anrl, in many

caft s,

the cheat

is c3uied on fo arrfuJly as to deccive the bel1 judges.

SOPHOR_-\, in botony, a genu, of the dce,ndria

mono~y-·

nía c1iIJs. T hc calix has {jve teelh, and is gibbous a–

bove

lhe (orolla is papilion.lceous, wlth lhe wings of

t ~e

fame Icng'h as ,he vexiJlum ; ílnd [he capfule is a

legllrnen. 1 'he rc are eight fpccies, none of them natives

of Dril;:!.in.

SOPORlfIC "E Dl e!,"s, are thoCe <apable of proeu,ing

fl¿er, as

opiale~,

ec.

See OrIATES .

&c.

SORilONN E, the houCe o, eollege o( the raellhy o( theo-

10CY,

Ihe uoi\'erfiIY of París . fometimes alfo ufed (or

the f,euliy .itrelr, becaure it urually aO'embles in the ¡'ou re

of Ihe

foroor.ne

SORnUS, in botany, a genus of the ieor,odri. trigyni.

c1afs . The calix conlifis of five leaves, and Ihe corolla

of fi vc ptlab

and the berry ccntains three fecds. T here

are tbree frecies, two of them oalins of Britain,

lJiz.

lhe domcfbca, or the \rue ferviee or

for~ ;

aod (he au–

cupuia,

'lu;ck~n- Iree,

or'mountain-anl.

SORCERY, the <lime or witchcrart or divination by tbe

anillanc!! oran evil fpiri!. See \VIT CKCRA P' T.

SORET, • provioce o( the Hither India, Iyiog Donhwa,d.

of Guzerat: its chief town is

]~gana.t.

SOREX, in zoology, See M" s.

SORITES, in logie, a rpeeies o( ,e. rooing, in ",hieh a

gr~al

Dumbcr of propoGlions are fo linkc:d together, Ih:u

the

predic~le

of Iht: une oeCOnles continually Ihe fLlbjct't

of the next followin!:,. lill at lan a condufion is rormrd

by bringing logether the {ubjeét C/f the lidl propoGtion

and

11,<

prediealC o( the lan . Se< LO Glc.

SORNERS, in

S COts

law. See LAw, Ttt , xxxiii. 30,

SOR~EL.

in bouny. Sce R

U f>f tX.

Wood

SORREL,

in botany. Ste OXALIS .

SORREL

(OLOUR ,

io the menJge, is a reádifh colour, ge·

nerally Ihought tObe, Ggn o( a food horre

SORRENT O, • eity and P0rt-town o( the kingdom o( Na–

r1es,

eighleen miles fuulh

t11M city.

SORTILEG I', • Cpeei<s ordivination, pe,(ormed by me.n.

of fortes or lot!.

T he fonrs preoeflinz, (;\mous in antiqui ty. confined

jo pultiog a number of I:lters, or even whole words, in-

an uro ; ano Ihen, arter Chaking them logether, they

were Ih rown on the ground , and wl.atcve.r fentences could

br O1ade out rrom themcoonitutrd Ihe anfwc:r of

th~

or;¡c!r .

Anolher kird of (ortes conrineo in laking fome celebra·

led poct. as Horner or Virgil; and, opening the hook,

whaIC.:ver prlfc:ntcd itfel r firll

tbe ere mOlde Ihe anr\l,

cr;

and hence il

gOl

the name cf fortes horucric2, and fones

virgiliar.x ,

&.:.

O U

T he ru;,erfliliOlls amoog the ancient Chrinians

p~J~i.

ft d a finJllar kind of dl\'ln;¡IU,o.

op::nio& lhe Old and

New

Tc.rtam~nl

wllenc..: il gOl lhe na

Ole

fones fanc–

torum .

SOTE RIA, in antiquitl', C,erir,«s o([<red tO the godo (o,

dC'hvenng a

pt:rI~ln

(rom .·angcr; as alfo poetieal pieces

comporl!d for the íanJe purpoíe.

SOTOVENTO

ISLA"OS

are Gtu"cd on the co.n o(Ter–

ra-

Flrm

t ;

Ihe chieE of u.'hich

are

Trinidad , Mngaretta,

T urtug.,

&".

Th'Y . 1e alCo eallod the

L dlú

Antdl...

SOUB ISE, :\ «¡\Vn or Guicnne, in France, filuilled on Ihe

rlver Cha-fCnfe, feveolel"n miles fO\Hh

RochcllC'.

SOUGH ,

~rnong

miaers, denotes

palfage dug undc:rground,

convcy off water from mines.

SOVEREIG~,

in maue" o( governm,nt, is 'ppli,d to

the I-uprcme

magin r~te,

or magiftrates. of ao iode:peodcnt

gl')vernmc:nt or fiate ; by rearon lhelr authorny ¡s ooly

bounded

the laws of Cod, of

Dalure,

and

(¡.e

{uod~mrntallolws

lhe

fl~te:

tuch are kings, princes,

;'"c.

SOUL, a fpiriluaJ

fubHar.ce

:, which aninutes (he bodics of

living creatures

I il

is lhe principie of

Jlfe

aod aétivity

wilhln Ihem.

Various have been .he

op~íons

of philofopher,

COQ–

eerning the Cubn.nce o( the human roul, The Caner,.ns

make thioking Ihe e{ft nce of (he foul. O chen agaia

hold, that miln is endowed with t}iree kiod, of fouls,

viz.

Ihe rational, whlch is pu e1y fpiritual , aod infufed

by the imn,,:diale infpir.uion of G od; Ihe irTational, or

fc:n(jtive, \\·hilh is comOlon lO man and brutes; and lall ly,

the

ve~elali,e

foul, or principie of growlh and nutrition.

That lhe fou l is ao immataial fubfiance appean from

heDce, chal

itS

primary operations of willing and

think~

ing have not only no cooncilion with lhe known proper–

ties o( body, but f,em pl.inly inconfinent with (ome of

ilS

moll e!Tenrial qualitie,. For the mind difcoTCrs no

relauon between lhinking aod the mOtlOn and arrange–

ment or pans.

As tO the immortality of the hum.. Coul, tbe argu–

ments

prove it may be reduced

the rollowing head, :

l .

The D. ture al the fou l itrelr, its d,r,re>, (eDre of mo–

ral good . nd evil, gradual

inere.re

in knowledge and per–

fetlion,

&c.

2 .

The moral attributes o( God.

Uoder the (olmer o( there h.,ds it is urged, th., the

fou l, being

immaterial intellig('ot fubnance, does nOl

depeod on Ihe body for

exifience; and Ihereron: may,

n.y, .l1d mun, cxill arter the dilfolution o( the body,

unJefs annihilated

the fame power which gave it a be–

jng at (idl . This argument , efpecially if Ihe innnite ca·

pacity or the fou l, ils Hrong defire,arter immortali(y, ¡ts

""ional aélivity and advancemeDt toU'uds perEctlion, be

Iikewire confidered, \ViII appear perr<tlly

eonelur.ve

tO m: n

of a phiJofophica l luro ; becaufc nature, or u lher lhe

God or natllre, does nOlhing in vain .

But argumenr, drawn fronl the latter head,

fJi=.

the

moral anribules of the Oeil1, are not only

b~tter

adap·

ted (O convince meo uilBcquarnted wilh abllr"ft reafontng,

bUI equí\lIy cenaio í\nd

conclufi~e

wlth lhe forma : for

as the ju!lice of God c..n nCl'cr furra Ihe wicked

e·

fcape unpuninl:d, nor lhe go:>d

remain alvnys uoreward–

cd; therrfore, arCllmenu drawn from the ollDifdl aoJ

con(l.!nt prorperily of th\! wicked. and lh\! frequcnt un–

hapI'Ünefs of cood men in this Jire, mufl

COn\'lncc

c:very

thinking perfoll, that there is a futl.!.re lla:e wherein

a.lI

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