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# Incipit: When I said that the Mathematical Principles
# Date: 1716-01-10
# Sender: Clarke — Addressee: Leibniz
# Akademie-Ausgabe: AA VI (assigned, not yet published)
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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 20
# Folios: Bl. 389–390 (from the shelfmark LH 1, 20 Bl. 389-390): 4 pages, canvases 781–784, page ids 00068378:0781 to 00068378:0784
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ane opposite lo those ot the Materralisis; the Meaninque Nas, Mat Wpereas
Materialists suppose the frame ol Nature, to be suin, as could have
ariten from nere Mechanicat Principles ot Matler et Motion,ot
Necessitu et Tate; the Mathematical Trinciples ot Ghilosophu spor
on the contrary, mat me state of things 7 the constittution as AAtre
Cun et flanets Z is such as could not arise, from an hing but an
Intelligent et Tree Cause. As to the propriety otthe Namei so far
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Whyit is Thus rather man Otherwise: And Therefore Where
there is no Cause, there can be no Efect. Dut lhis sufficient.
Reason is ost. Limes po other, than the MMere Will of Sod. Tor
instance: Nhy This particular System ot Matter Thould be
created in One particular place, el  dat in Anothor par-
ticular place hem, all place benus absolutelus indisserent to all
Matter, it Nouldhave been exactlus the same Mhing vice versa,
supposinu the Wo Systems l or the Particles ? of Matter Ao be
alise there can be no pther reason but the mere Nill ot Tod: Which
without a predetermininu, cause
et it conto in no case actany more man à D’alance can move Wispont
a preponderatinue Neignt; Nihont a predetermminus (apse mis
Nourd tend to tate avay all SoWer ol Choosina, et to introduce
fatalitus.
2 Manus Antient
trecks iho had Mneir Philosophus from
the Threnicians, et Whose Ghiloso phy Nas corrupted bus picurut,
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held indeed in general Matter et Vacuum. But they Anet not hot
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to applus those principles bus Mathematik tothe Explication
osthe phaenomena et Nature. Ho Tmall soever the Quantitis
ot Mtarter ve, Sod has not at all he lese subject to exercise
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his Nisdom et PoNer apon: Aor Other hings, as Wellas Matter
are equallus Tubjects on Whim Tod exereises his Toter et Wisdom

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3 The Nod Sensory, does not properly signifys the ergan,
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but the Place of sensation. The Cye, the Car et, dre Organs, sout not
Sensoria. Desides: Sr Hauc Nenton does not say, that space
is the sensori; bat that it is, by Way of similitude only, as il Nere
the sensory et.
C4. At Was never supposed thatthe Tresence olthe Toul
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Was sufficient, but onty. that et is mecersary, in order to Perception
Nithout benu present to me mages os he things perciered, it
could not possibly perciere them; but beinu present, is not
sufficient, Wihont it be also a Livinu Substance anus imanimate
substance, though present, percieves nohing; d a livinque dub=
stance can ouly There percieve, Waere it is present either to
Mhe Things Themselves Cas the Crimpresent Eod is tothe Whole
umverse; ) orto the mages of hings, (as the soul ol MMlanis
inils proper sensory.) Nothinu can any more act or be acted
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upon, here il is not present; than it ean De, Phere il s net.
The souls beinu indivisible, does not prove it tobe present
only m a mere soint. Space, finite orinfinite, is absolutelys
indivisible, even so muimas in Thongnt; (To imagne ils parts
moved trom each oher, is to imagime them moved out ol them-
selves;) itud yet space isnot a mere dont
 Sod percieves things, not indeed by his simple Tresence
tothem, nor yet by nis operation upon mem; but bus his vemus
a Living et intelligent, as Wellas an Ommpresent substance.
The doul lifetsise (: Nithin its narror sphere;) not by its
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smple Trefence, bul by its beinus a Lrvinq substance, percieve
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the mages o Nich it is present, et Wun Without bemus present
tothem it could not percreve.
Cb. et 7. Lis verus True, that the Excellency ot hods
Norkmanship, doet ne Consus po
bat in its Montnus he Nitdo of lod appears, not in matinus

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Polvers ol Nature independent upon sod, at he FoNers ot
Werahis et Springi are independent upon Men:) Lut the Wirdon
ot sod consists in Traminu originallu the penfert et compleat dea
of a Norf. Nnnn degun et continues, aclordmque to that orrginal
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d The Word Correction ex Amendment, is to be understood not
Nith regard to Eod, but tolls only. The present frane os he
solar Systeme (for imstance,) accordng. to the present Lans
ofMotion. Nill in time fall in toconfusion; And perhaps after
Spat, it Will be amended or put into a neW form. Dut this
Amendment is only relative, With regand to cur Conceptions. n
nrealitu, et Nith regard to Sod, the present trame, aud the
et
consequent Dirorder, et the FolloWinq Renovation, are all
equallu parts at the Design framed in Tods original penfect
dea. Sis in the frane of the Wored, as im the frame ot
Mans Dody: The Windom of Sod does not consist in matinq
The present frame of Cither of them Cernal, bat to last so long
at he thougun fit.
2
OChe Pisdon et Toresight of Sod; do not consist in providin.
origmally Remedies, Dhiih Mall. ol Themselves cure the Quordens
p. S
of ature. For, in Trutm et drrictness, Nith regard to. Tod here
are no dirorders, and consequentlus no Remedies, et indeed no
Totens ol Sature at al, that ean do ang Mhimgos themselves
p.
(. as Neignts et Sprmgs Norkof nemselves Dim regand to
Men;) But ne Wisdom et Toresent ol Sod, consist (as has been
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saro, sin contrivinu at once, What his Soler and loverment 25
continually puttinu im actual execation.
10 Godis neither a Mundane Intelligence, non a supramundane

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intelligence, but an Onnipresent Intelligence both In et Without
the Norlo: Hoe is InA, et Trougn Alt, as Well as Dbove cll.
11. Tods conservina al things, means his Adual operation
goverment in preservinq et continumque the veings, solens erdens,
Prspositions et eotions ot all hings: This is all thatis contender
for. Vut it pis conservinq thingi, means no more than a Rings
crearmu suoh subjects, at thall be able to act Well enongh dithout
his intermeddimque or orderimqe anu timque amongst them ever aster: This
is making him indeed a. Feal Creator, bul a lovernour oulis
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12. The orgument in this taragraph; supposes, Mat Whatever
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sod does, is supernatural or miraculous; and consequentl yit lends
lo exeoude aloperation et lod, in he loverninu d Orderinu ofthe
Natural Morcd. Put the frutnis: Naturat et supernatural
are nothinu at al different Nit regard to Lod, eul distinctions
merely in Dur Conceptions el things. Lo cause the sun Cor Earth
to move regularly; is a Thing Ne call Paturali to Bop ils Motion
for a Day. We call supernatural: Dut the, One is thez Effed ot
no greater Folser han the Oter; moris the ne; Nih respect
Ao Tod, more orless natural or supernatural than the ether
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Sods benu present or tothe Norid, does not make him
tobe he soul op te Worid. e Soul, is part of a Compound, Mhereos
Dody is the Other Part; et hey mutually affect each other, as saret
q tes
ol the fame Phole. But lod is present fo de Morio, notas a hant
batas a, sovernour; acing upon Al tningi; hmsels acted apon
by Nothmus. He is not farfrom every one ol us; for in toim We
et A tiimgs Z live et nove et have our Being.