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# Title: Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 53)
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Bhiocoxhical principles
this, 25 Well a5 che Former, is a convin.
cins ProoE oF che Planets beins inhrabited;
For all this beautitul Contrivance is lo,
it there be no Inhabitane in thele Celestiat
Bodies to enjoy the Benetit oF ic. 6. AII
the Planets, deleribe aboue the sun in
onc oEtheir Foci, Elliprick Orbits ot one
Species or another; and ail the Satellits
deleribe about their primary Ptanets in
onc ot their Poci, Elliprick Orbits alto;
and che Planes oF aII the Orbits do vers
nearly coincide with onc another, and
wich che Plane oE che Pcliprick. That
the Planets deseribe Flliptick Orbits about
the sun, there is no manner ot doubt
nou amons astronomers. And tho thes
Cay, thac che Orbits oF the Satellits are
noc exaccls Flliptical, Vec thac is From
necellary Caules, and is not omine to
Chance, bue to the already ectablistid
Lars of che Universe; ver Cill cheir Or.
bits are nearer Ellipses thanany other Geo-
metrical Carves, and mar bc redued to
chele; and thac the Planes oF the Orbits ol
the Planets coincide rith the Plane ofthe
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