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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Philosophie LH 4, 6, 12f (shelfmark LH 4, 6, 12b)
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In praefatione
Elementorum veritatis
aetemae dicendum  aliquid fortasse erit
antea
de his, qui eaem Metrodum demonstrative
scilicet
scribendi sunt secuti, et quid possit in iis
desiderari, et cur non convicerint eorum nonnulli
lectores ootiam attentos, convincere non
possint.
Euclides, et Geometrae hoc
obtinuere ut  nemo refragetur, sed hoc
factum esse, tum quia passiones hominum in
tali argumento non obstant, tum quia semper
experiri licet veritatem theorematum sive ut numeris
sive in lineis. Ie des Fatentum est tamen
Eullidis
nonnulla desiderari posse in remonstrationibus, et
disiculta exqasdam
Franc. Sanchez miserat collectanea, suas ad
Clavium, negabatue sibi satis factum ejus responsis.
Sed haec tamen suppleri posse dibium nullum esse.
primus d quantum nobis constet Geometriam
ad res physicas transtulit Archimedes, cujus libellum
de aequiponderantibus aliumque Hydiostaticum habemus.
sco complures in Archimedis demonstratunibus Mechani
cista desiderart aliquid; mini tamen aecuratae satis, aut
certe facile supplebiles videntur
deu motum
primus scientiam condere coescit selilaeris, Quidam
oFlorentiqe (fleurance) Eementa rei pystobolicae
s
oltia Gallia lingua scripsit affectata, Geometrarum
Methodo sed mihi parum videtur scopum assecrtus
plosa jiedetea
dicam nunc de illis qui Methodum
demonstrativam ad Metalhysica et Moralia
trustulers primus aliquil in hoc genere praestitit
srhicats Aristoteles cujus libri priutolum Analy
icorum utique sunt demonstratiiae, et scientim