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# Title: Wherein the chief Causes of Error and Difficulty in the Sciences, with the Grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion, are inquir'd into (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 52)
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Ofthe Principles ParEI.
che Came Order, We sec them in ac pre-
TenE, WichOUE FhCIE COnCUITTeNCC.
S F9. BuE, tho re mighie possiblu
have all our Senlations Writhout them,
yet perhaps it may bc thoushe casier t0
concere and explan the manner ot
cheir Production, by suppolins External
Bodies in their likenels rather than o-
cherrile, and (o ic mistu bc ac lcast
Probable cherc arc such chinss aS Bodics
thac excite cheir Ldeas in our Minds. But
relther can this be laid, for cho ve sire
che Macerialises cheir Fxternal BOdICS,
ther by cheir onc contection arc nerer
the nearer bnons hou our Ideas arc
produced: Since ther orn themlelres
unable eo comprehend in irhrat manner
Bodr can act uxon Spirit, Or ho iC IS
Postible icmoudimprint anr Idca in the
Mind. Iencc it is crident the Producti
on of Idcas or Senlations in oue Minds
can be no realon Whr re mou dsuppose
Mlacter or Corporeal Subltances, tince
chatisacknorles dtoremain equallrin-
explicable ith, ox without this Suppo.
Sition. IF cherefore ic vere Possible For
Bodies