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# Title: Iani Caecilii Frey Mens (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 1, Stück 4; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 1)
# Folio 14, page id 797897755:0018
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Ia
PROLEGOMENA.
Tumusscire, vel non. Sinil cogno
Ceimus, Frustra Deus dedit desideriu
Quo omneshomines naturalicer scire
desiderant, Si ergo aliquid cognolci-
mus, vel cognolcimus tantum per
aliaspropolitiones, (cilicet co nodo
quo conclusiones permaiorem emi-
norem intelligimus; vel non per ali
a5. Sierso omne quod cognolcimus
per aliud cognoscimus, i. per aliam
propolitionem, sequiturruumm Cx 1
Ais quatuor: Vel enim nihil sciemus,
vel dabitur reminiscentia Platonica,
vel relponsio Cophristica: vel dabitur
circulus, quam omnia absurdissima
Tunt. Probatur primum. Si propoli
tionem quara lcio, per aliam propo-
stionem cognolco, et hanc iterum
peraliam, et hanc aliam iECrUI PCt
aliam, ex hanc aliam iterum pei 2
liam, erit progressus in infinirum, de
nunquam deveniemus adprincipium,
Licale principium iterum per aliud de
beatcoonolci: velnihil sciemus vn
quam Sicut enim nulla est deambu
latio
Ie