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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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aE Line Surtace, or Solid, Wvhich Pcichet
perceire br Sensc, or Figure to my sclt
in mr Mind: Wherctore I conclude
ther arc not concained in It. Nochinq
can bc plainer to me, than chat the fx-
tensions Phare in VicW, arc no other
than mr own Idcas, and ic 1S n0 leLS
plain, chat P cannot rclolre anr onc ot
my Idcas, into an infinie Number ot
Ocher Idcas, thac is, that cher arc noc in-
finicely Diriliblc. IE by Finite Extensi-
on be meant Comcchine distinet from a
Finice Idea: Ideclare I do nOc bno
Wvhac thac is, and (0 cannoc altirm Or
dens any chins of it. Buc if the terms
Lxtension, Parts, _c. are taken in any
Sense conceirable i. e. For Idcas; then
to Cay, a linite Quantier or Extention
consilts ot Pares infinice in Number, 1S
Comanifest and glarins a Contradicti
On, thac ererr onc ac trkt lighe ackno-
leres iE to bc (0. And ics impossible, It
Moud erer gain the assent ol any rca-
Ponable Creature, Who is not bronghe
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