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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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For the Existence ot Bodies wichout the
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instance sereral ot those Frrours and
Difficulties (not to mention Impictics)
erhich have spruna trom that Tenent.
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verlies and Dispuces in Philosoptr, and
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