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# Title: The True Intellectual System Of The Universe (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 1; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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Lite and IInderstandins,
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Generated and Corrupted, wichout the Produeins oF any Real Entiry out
of Nothins, and Reducine oE any inco Nothine; tor as much as che
Subltance still remains entirely che Came. But che Acheists, takInE iE
For granced, chac chere is no other substance behdes Body or Marter,
docheretore FalAy suppose, chac hich is really incorporeal substance,
or elleche attributes, Properties, and Modes chereot, to be che meer
accidents oF Marter, and Consequently conclude hele co DC Generable
ont of ic, richour the production ot any Real Entityont of Nothine.
We Cay Cheretore, that it does not at aIl FolIOW, BCCaUSCThC TAHC NA-
merical Matter, (a5 For example a Piece ot WV AX) may be Succectire.
Iy made Spherical, Cubical, Cylindrical, Pyramidal, Ox oF any other
Fisure; and che lame man may Succcstively, Stand, Sit, Kneel and
Walk; boch, ithout the production oF Anychins out oF Nochins; Or
because, a heap oF Stones, Bricks, Morcer, and Timber, lyins alto.
sether dilorderly ond consuledly, may be made into a stately Palace;
and that without che Miraculons Crearion OF any RCaL ENLIIy OULOFNO-
thine; chactheretore the lame may be altirmed litemise, ot every
thing else, besides the bare Substance oF Marter, as namely Lise and
Onderstandine. Soul and Mind, that though chere be No luch thine
in Matter IE PCIE, vet the Production OF them Out OF Matter, vould
beno Production; oE somethine ont of Nothine. Onc Ground ot
irtrich mistake hath been, Frommens noc righely considerins wrhat che
accidents of a Substance are, and chat cher are indecd Nothine but che
Modes TherEOF. Nom a Mode is such a chins, aS CANNOL Possibly BC
conceived, without that whereot ic is a Mode; 25 standine, Sittine
Fnceline and Walhine; cannot be conceired rithout a Body Organi-
2ed, and cheretore are buc Modes chereot; buc Lise and cositation
may beclearly apprehended wichour Body, or any chins OF. Extenston 3
nor indecd can a Thoushe Beconceived, tobe ot luch a Lenerh,
Breacth and Thicknes, or to he Freed and Sliced out, into many
Pieces, all irhich laid iogether, as (0 many Small Chips thereos, would
makce up again, the entirenesS OF chac whole ThonChI. From Wvhence
it ongheto be concluded, that Cositation is no accident, or Mode of
Matier, Or Bulhy Extension, but a Mode Or Attribute OF another Sub-
stance, RealIY diltinet From Marter, Or Incorporeal. There is indecd
Nochins else elcarly conceirable by us in Body or Bulhy Extension, bue
only more or le(s Magnitnde of Parts, Figures, Site Motion, ex Rest;
and all the Disserent Bodies chatare in the hole Worid, are bur se-
veral combinations or Syllables, made up out oF thele FCW Letters:
bucno Maenitudes, Fieures, Sites, aud Motions, can Postibly Spell Ou
Componnd Tise and sense, Cositation and Vnderstandine, 25 the Sylla
bles FHCrCOF; and cheretore co suppole chese 10 be Generated Out
OE Matrer, is plainly eo suppole lome Real Entity to be broughe Out
OENothins, er Somethins eo be made withouta canse, which is Im-
possible.
che business OF Sensible Qualities and Forms, a5 they are vulxarly con-
Ceired, eo be distinet Entities, trom chose forementioned Modisicati-
ons OE Matter, in respect OE Magnitude OE Parts, Fisure, Sile, Motion.
or Rest. FOr Cncechese Qualities and Forms, are unquestionably ce
veratec
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