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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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F10
Of the Principles
Part I.
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Mark thac foremarns me ol it. In like
manner che Noise chac Phear is not the
FHect ot chis or that Mocion, or colli-
Tion ofthe ambiene Bodies, buc the Sign
chereot. Secondlr, Thc reason why
Ideas are form d into Machincs, i. c.
arcificial and regular Combinations, i5
the lame ith chac for combinins Let-
cers into Words. Thac a te Orisinal
Ideas mar be madero lignitie, a srcat
number ot Ffects and Actions, tis ne-
cellarr cher be rarioustr combind to-
sether: And to the end their VCC bC
permanent and univertal, chese Combi-
nations must be made br Rulc, and
ich vise Contrivance. By this means
abundance ot Intormation iS conrerd
unto uS, Concernins What We arc tO
expect trom luch and such Actions, and
Wrhac Methods arc proper to bc taten,
For the Excitins such and such Idcas:
Which in effect, is aIl thac I conceire
eo be distinctls meant, when ic is Paid
that by dilcernins the Figure, l’exture.
and Mechanilm oF the invard Parts ot
Bodies, Whecher Narural or Artificial
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