。Itistomeasufficientreasonnottobelievetheexistenceofanything，ifIseenoreasonforbelievingit。But，nottoinsistonreasonsforbelieving，youwillnotsomuchasletmeknowyouwouldhavemebelieve；sinceyousayyouhavenomannerofnotionofit。Afterall，letmeentreatyoutoconsiderwhetheritbelikeaphilosopher，orevenlikeamanofcommonsense，topretendtobelieveyouknownotwhat\'andyouknownotwhy。
。Hold，Philonous。WhenItellyouMatterisan，Idonotmeanaltogethernothing。ItistrueIknownottheparticularkindofinstrument；but，however，Ihavesomenotionof，whichIapplytoit。
。Butwhatifitshouldprovethatthereissomething，eveninthemostgeneralnotionof，astakeninadistinctsensefrom，whichmakestheuseofitinconsistentwiththeDivineattributes？
。MakethatappearandIshallgiveupthepoint。
。Whatmeanyoubythegeneralnatureornotionof？