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# Title: Renati Des-Cartes Tractatus De Homine, Et De Formatione Foetus (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 178, Stück 4; Leibn. Marg. 178)
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P R A F A TIO.
ximum tacellirit negotium, quod Dominus Des
Cartes in Tractatu luo non nili de duobus cujulque
valrula plicis loquitur, cum tamen tres in ilta lux Fi-
ura delincatione repraelentasse rideatur. Sed tan-
demrem propius considerans, a in cogitationem,
quam, cum rudem iltam adumbrationem delinca-
bat, habere poterat, penetrans, existimari, id, quod
in principio certiam esse plicam pucareram, nihil
esse aliud, quam antulam live parrum uncum, qui
duncaxat Fulcimento eA spiritibus c cerebro descen-
dentibus, ad plicam, cui est annexus, deprimendam,
acque hac ratione liberiorem aperiendam viam lpi-
ritibus ex uno in alium musculum migrandi: Sinc
quo parro unco cccrebro delcendentibus (piritibus
vix latis an la praebere pollet valrula eo in litu, quem
ipII cribuerat Dominus Des.Cartes, ad le deprimen-
dam lircincurrandam, atque facilicatem hoc pacto
ilti unius musculicum altero communicationi atte-
rendam. In quo reperio Dominis de Curlchoven
e Dela Forse rem telicius lucceslisse, quam ip(i DO-
MinODCS Cartes, ac dispolitionem, quam valrula
ejulque duabus plicis cribuerunt, cextui magis esse
congruentem, corumque ratrula actionem arque
ulum incellectu taciliorem.
Dominus de la Forse prae Domino de Cutlcho-
ventuit audacior: Fc, uc rori mundo celtatum tace.
rec, senon esse mancipium opinionum DominiDes
Cartes.