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# Title: A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 3; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 3)
# Folio 43, page id 797937889:0055
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that the main proot oE its immortality
For thisis an areument of no usc to the
Generalier otMankind, wrho mant cither
leiture, or capacier, for such nice SDC.
culations; aud it thez are conrined on
Other grounds that the soulis Immortal,
it is nd sreat macter Whether they chink
iE Immaterial, Or 1O: Bur iF they arc Per
Traded that ic cannot De lmmortal, iE ic
is not Immaterial, tis calie to see of hon
ill consequence that must b0, it the Proots
Of the souls lmmaterialies on d not hID-
Den to conrince them; as it otcen tails
Out Dy the disterent cast otMenS HICacS,
Thac che TamO ArSUmenES Th2L arC Ver
Arons, and persirasire tooncMian, hare
notorce at aIl mich another, especially in
Abstract ReRections. Those theretoic
Whoare Zeasousfor Truth, on d endea-
vour to cstabli it upon the plaineit, aud
clearest Principses, and Fuch aS arC IOS
adapted to common apprehentions. This
is nOt the onls instance in Which I Bare
ObTerr d, that Trueh does not sutter lels
From thole irhro voula maincain it upon
false or uncertain grounds, chan trom
those whio openly oppose it. Pharetenomn
Tereral who hare been caretully enough In-
scrueced in their Dutr, Who vet FOr viant
ot beins causht ac Arst, or applsins chem-
Petres to consider the true grounasot iE,
hare been catits areud ouc ot their so0d
Notions, tho Tome ot them PerIons oF no
mean Capacity; For il the Foundation
Edil, the best supestrueture will tall, eto
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