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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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PaTEI. of Hluman Knovleze. 161
causins che chanse, in the Dictance or
Situation ot che Bodies, is impresled.
For horverer sore may detine Relatire
Motion, (0 asto term thac Body mov d,
Wrtuch changes its Diltance trom lome
Ocher Body, Whecher che Force caulInS
that Change vvere impressed on IE, Or
nO: Tet I canc allent to this, For linco
re arc told, Relatire Nocion is thae
Which is perceir dbr Sensc, and regard.
ed in che ordinary ACairs ot Lite, iC Fol-
los thac cverr Man et common Senle
knows Whac ic is, a5 vell as che best
Philosopher: Nor Last any onc, irhe-
ther in his Sensc ot Motion, as ho
Walks alone the Strcets, the Stones he
passes over may bc Caid co move, bc-
cause cher chanse Distance wich his
Fect: T0 me ic appears, thac tho
Mocion includes a Rclarion oF one
thins to another, rec iC IS nOL neC
estar, ehat cach term ot che Rela-
tion be denominaced trom Ic. A5 a
Man mar chink ot Comertat wtricte
does noc chink, (o a Body mar bemor.
cd to, or from, anocher Body hictu
erhich is noc, cheretore, it selE in Moci