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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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164 Of the Principles
ParE I
pressedonit. IEcither of these beWant
inS, Ido noc think that agrecably coche
Sense ot Mankind, or the Propriety oF
Language, a Bodr can bc laid eo bc in
Motion. I grant, indecd, thac ic is pol-
sible For us eo think a Body, Wrhich we
sec chanscits Diltance from lomc otter
to bc mored, tho it hiaro no torceim-
pressed on ic, (in Wrtrich Senfetheremar
DC aPDaTeNE MOtIOM,) but chen IEIS, bC-
caule the Force cansins the chanse ot Di-
Ranco, is imasin d br us to bcimpress d
ontharBod thougheto more. Which,
indecd, pes We arc capablc ot mictat-
ing a chins eo bc in Hocion wrtrich i5
nOc, buc doesnocprorechat, inthe com-
a2
mon acceptation ot Motion, a Body 15
mored incerly because it changes DI-
Aance trom another; Tince a5 soon 25
re arc undeccir d, and find that chc
morins Force Was noc communicated
Eo ic, We no lonser hold it to be mor.
cd. So on the ocher hand, When one
onlr Body (the Parts Whereot prelerre a
siren Polition betrcen chemlelres) is
imasin d eo Lxilt; lome chere arc wrho
chink chac ic can be mored all manner