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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Philosophie LH 4, 1, 4a
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axiomatum esse scio ad veram analyticen, seuartem
inveniendi. Iaque si voluisset Cartesiue id exequi
quod in praecepto ejus optimum est, debuisset elaborare
indemonstrandie prircipiis scientiarum; et agere
in Philosophia, quod Proclus volebat in Geometora
ubiminus necesse est. Sed illi potus visum est plau-
sibiliora scribere etsi minue certa; quod nec adeo re-
prehenderem nisi ipsetanta prosessione severitatis
animos erexisset. Fuclidem vero reprehendo multo
minus, qui vel id praestitit, et sciamue paucis illis
hypothesibus admisis, catera tuta atque adeo iam
fide illis paria esse; cui simile aliquid si fecissent
Cartesius aut alii Philosophi, nor labora remus. Aque
hoc Sceptici quoque sibi dictum putare debent, qui sci-
entias eo praeteatu contemnunt, quod principiis non demon-
stratis subinde utuntur. Ego contra potius Geometras
laudandos censeo, quod his velut paxillis statuminauerunt
Scientiam, artemque repererunt progrediendi, atque ex
paucio tammulta ducendi; nam si voluissent differce
theorematum aut problematum inventiones, dum omnia
axciomata et postulata demonstrata essent, fortase nullum
hodie Geometriam haberemure.
Ad articulum (2). Non video quid prosit dubia habere
Poo falsis; hoc focet non excrere praeindicia, sed mu-
tare. Et apparebit hincnatum paralogismum infra
artic. 8. Cum de distinctione mentis a corpore agetur
Ad artic. (4) Nihil aliud de rebus sensibilibus aut scire possu-
mus aut desiderare debemus, quam ut tam inter se quam
cum indubitatis rationibus consentiant, atque adeo Hex
praeteritis praeuideri aliquatenus futura possint. Alia in
illis veritas aut realitas frustra expetitur, quam quaehoc
praestat, necaliud vel postulare debent sceptici, vel dog-
tratici polliceri. add. quae ad artic. 1. partis 2.
Ac(5) De mathematicis demonstrationibus non aliter po-