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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Philosophie LH 4, 5, 11
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Fet mechanimus
nalla intelligentia
aut substantia
spirituali indigeat
an Elastro concitetur. Et a mealiquolies iam est prrositum (quod
profuturum pato ne mechanicae naturalium rerum explicationos
ad abusum trahantur in mraerudicium pietatis, tanquam per se
materia stare possit) onginem ipsius mechanismi non ex solo mate-
riali orincipio, mathematicisque rationibus, sesaltiore quodam et
ut sic cieam Metaphysioo fante fluvisse.
(4) Cujus inter alia insicium insigue praebet frndamentum
naturae lequm, non petensum ex eo ut conservetur xadem Motus
ex eo quod necesse est cervari
Qvantitas, uti vulgo visum erat, sed potius (eadem quantitatem
potentia actuers, qua derecu u im(:quod et puloherri
ma ratione evenire deprehensi:) etiam easem quantitate actionis
la
motricis, cuncs, alia longe aestimatio est, ab eassquam Cartesiani
sub,
Eaque
concipnunt equantitate motua. a ie re cum duo Mathemation
primos
ingeno facilo inter ri merum partim perliteras partim
transiit
publice contulissent, alter penitus in castra mea transut alter
eo devenit, ut objectiones suas omnes post multam et accuratam
ventilatiomem sesereret, et au meam quandam domonstratio-
nom nonsum sibi responsianem suppetere canside fateretur
viram praeclarlem
Eoq magis miratus sum in physicae
suae Electivae parte esita explicantom loges motus, vulgarom
de illis sententiam (quam tamon nulla demonstratione, see qua-
dam tantum verisimilitusine niti ipse agnavit repetiitque eti–
am hic novissima dissertatione cap. 3. fZ.) quasi nulla du
scripsit
bitatione libatam, secure assumsisse; nisi forte antequam prosi–
rent mea, et scripte deinde reconsere vel non vacavit vel in
nuentem non venit.
jam considerandum est
(5) Sed videamus (quid ipse de Naturae notione in tia
ad par
Apologetica dissertatione dicat, et quid dictis deesse videatur
praesertim cum Leges
motus arbitrarias esse
crederet, quod mitus
non usque quaque dice dum
videtur consentaneu
videtur