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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
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ture. For thac ouy is thoughe so Which
is uncommon, ox a ching by it sclF, and
out ot the ordinarr Course ot our Ob.
serration. Thac BodiesMoud tend to-
Wards the Conter of the Farth, is nOC
choushe Aranse, becaule tIs Wrhac we
perceire crery moment ot our Lives.
Buc chat cher Moud hare a likce Cirari-
tation corards the Center ot the MOOn
mas scem odd and unaccountable to
most Men, becausc its discern d ontr
in the Tides. But a Philosopher, Whole
Thoushus take in. a larger compass ot
NTature, haring oblerrd a cercain simi-
licude oF Appcarances, as Wvell inthelIea-
rens a5 the Farth, chac argue innumera-
ble Bodies to have a mutual Tendeney
cowards cach other, Which he denotes
by che generat Name Attraction, Wtrat
erer can be reduced to thac he chinkes
jultlr accounted For. Thus he explains
che Tides, by the Accraction of the Ter.
raqueous GloDc corrards che MOOU
irtrich to him does noc appcar odd or
anomalous, buc ouly a particular Exam-
ple oF a general Rule or La oF Na
TUTC.
TOG.
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