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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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114.
Ofthe Principles
ParL I.
Mcanine, aud wrhich Lam not able t0
comprehend.
5 69. Again, lec us examine wrhac
iS meant br Occasion: S0 Tar 25 I Can
sather from the common DIC OF L an
SuagC, thac Word signifies, cither che
Agenc Wtuch produces any EHect, or
elle Comechinq thac is obserrd to ac-
Companr, or 80 betore II, in thc ordi-
nary course ot chings. Buc Wtien IE IS
applicd co Matter as abore describec,
it can bc takcen in neicher ot those Sen-
(C5. For Matter is Caid to bc Passive
and Inere, and (o cannoc bc an ASCDE
OF EfiCInE CausC. IE IS alIO imper-
ceirable as being deroid ot alt senlible
Dualities, and (o cannot bc the Occali-
on et our Perceptions in che latter
Senle: As When che burnins mmy Finger,
iS Caid to bc the Occation ot chc Pain
chat accends IE. Whac cheretore can
bemeant by calling Matcer au OccasionE
This Term i5 cither uled in n0 Senle aE
all, or else in lome verr dictant trom
UES recCId SignifiCaTIOM
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