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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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274. Of the Principles ParE I.
rigtulr eo sum VP, Diride, and Propor.
cion che chinss Themselres chac ve in-
tend to Number.
5 T22. In Arithmetic, therefore, we
regard noc the Things but che siens,
Whrch neverthelels are not regarded tor
their own lake, bue becaule ther dircet
us ho eo aet rich relation to ThIBSS,
and dilpole rishelr ot chem. NOW 2-
Srccablr to Wrhac e have betore ob-
ferrd ot vords in general (vid. Sect.
XIX Introd.) it hrappens here likewile,
that abstraet Ideas arc thoughe to betig-
nitred by Numeral NTames or Charact.
ers, Wrhile ther do noc lussest Ideas ot
parricular Thingoco our Minds. IMaII
nOcatprelent, entevintoa more particu-
Par Dissertation on this Subicet, buc ontr
oblerve thac ic s evidene from What has
bcen laid, chose Thinssirhich pals For ab-
Arace Truchs and Theorems concerning
Numbers, arc, in realier, conrerlane a-
bout no Obieet dictinct trom particular
numerable Things, excepe onls Names
and Characters, Wrtuch orisinally came
co be considerd, On WO Other aC-
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