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# Catalogue record: 58401 — Methodus physica. Characteristica. Emendanda. Societas sive ordo. Maji 1676.
# Incipit: Ex propositionibus qvae rerum emendandarum causa fiunt,eas maxime amo,
# Date: 1676-05
# Akademie-Ausgabe: AA VI,3 N. 056
# Other printings: -E: Klopp, Werke, 3, 1864, S.308-312. -Foucher de Careil 7 S.101-105. -Couturat, Opuscules, 1903, S.92-96.. -G. W. Leibniz: Obras filosóficas y científicas 3 (Ciencia general y enciclopedia), Hrsg. O. M. Esquisabel/M. Sánchez-Rodríguez, Granada 2023, S. 40-43 (span.). -A. Andreu [Hrsg.]: Methodus vitae (Escritos de Leibniz) 3, Valencia 2001, S. 55-58, 60; 2. erw. Ausg. Madrid 2015, S. 51-53, 55 (span.).
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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Philosophie LH 4, 5, 6
# Folios: Bl. 9–10 (from the shelfmark LH 4, 5, 6c Bl. 9-10): 4 pages, canvases 17–20, page ids 00068619:0017 to 00068619:0020
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Methodus physica.
Characteri stlica.
Societas sive ordo
mendanda.
Cx propositionibus qua rerum emendandarum causa fiunt
eas maaime amo, quarum fructus viventibus nobis perc
pi pose spes et. Quanquam enim et gloria et porteritatio
rationem habeat mevi generosa, puvat tamen labori
suorum pramiis snui divam videntemque
ertum est unum hominem non satis temporis
habere posee ad omma inveniendum, qua ratione pendat
et certa methodo poscunt inveniri; neque satis occasi
pendent 3.
onum, ad ea invenienda quae cautatque experimentis
non semper obviis discenda sunt.
ertum est si omnia utilia qua jaltem unius
apidi ne dicam onovinciu hominei scrunt aut caper
ti sunt, in unum callerta breviterque exhibita essent
Thesaurum nos incompara bilem habituros. Quo si
plures mationes consentirent, imo quod si plurimu
seculorum scientiam collectam haberemus c
Si omnia egregra qua homines sciunt aut sciverunt
annotata atque cognita essent, cnedo felixet abic
et pleriqu malis atque incommodis, humanam At ao
Bessemus,
rrgentibus superiores vix enim monbus est, cui no
certum aliquod atque exploratum remedium aliqui
ex papulo novit
ex his patet hominei non nisi propria negligentia
ere insecrcer
1 Maja

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si saltem omnia vere utilia atque realia qua in tot
exstarent;
libris extant in unum collecta atque indicum
inltam universalium opc in promtu essent, Thesaurum
incredibilem haberemus.
c
Cape notavi egregia inventa cocapronovis habebantur
portea in Cibris veteribui friasse rexerta, sed negecta
aut agnorata
Ci paucorum aspecta similiarium conporum nutura nosce
returiut salii communii, nitri, aluminis, sulphurii
suliginae aleiviniu Cartis sanguinis, aliorumque nonnulloru
vateret, inde natura pletorumque aliorum corporum
quixpequa ex his componantur aut generantur.
redibile est si natura corporum ejusmodi similanum
nobit innotesceret non difficulter non rationem nec
ditunoi omnium quae in apsii apparent imo
pradicere pore omnes eorum sive per se sumtorum
sive cum aliii mixtorum efsectus Quemadmodum
cujus
facile nobii ert pradicere efectus mathinu ad
stracturam intelligimus
Ce
ex hic sequitur facile nobii forei ea non ad
modum multii experimentis intimam eorum corporu
derivare naturam. lam si simplex est haec nutura
experimenta ut ea sucila sequidebent; et, si experi
menta ex ea facile se quuntur debent vicissime

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etiam ipsa facilie sequi per regressum ex susicienti experii
mentorum numero talis regrestur sit in Algebra, et in
omnibus aliis fieri posset quodam calculi matematio
genere, si modo hominei veram ratiocinandi artem tenerent
Vera ratiocinandi ars in rebus dissicilibus et non nihil
abstrusii quales sunt physica frastra secratur quandiu
non habetur  eroi Algebuamodus exignotii
dacere nota ut aequatione durton exignotes cum datis
notioisutetiam inotafeane mota aro characterii
tica. sive lingua rationaliu, qua mirifice in compendium
contrahit operationes mentin, et sola prustare potert
in physicis, quod Algebra in Mathematicm
Arc charateristica ostendet non tantum quomodo expe
rimentis et utendum sed et quanam experimenta sint
sumenda et ad determinandam rei subjecta natura
syfficientia Qvemadmodum in valgaribus allis arti
piciis per quadivinami solet numerus quem aliqua
sibi tacite proposuit, faciee ab algebrae perito di
jadicare poteht an ea quasibi ab alio dacta sunti de
acculto illo numero, sint ad eum ervendum sufficientia
Unu est Modus per quem pauci hominer delerti paroit
sumblibus e exigno tempore res muynai proscientiarum
vita utilium incremento grastare passunt; si aliqui
sint qui accuratistime ratiocinari posient hir vero

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alii
Materiam suppeditent tum qui ex horum voto experimenti
sumant denetum
qui res praclara passim in cibnit aut
apud curiosos extantes colligant atque ordinent. ecesse est
antem qui salia moliantur eos ab aliis curio essesolutas
e vero afectu n’studia ferri, el a paucis dirigii et
latoratiorio atque Dibliotheca et cateris ad sumtus in aliquod
mercenatioi et eaperimenta orecessanii abunde instruitos
esse, et de superiore loco protegi e
et
um multi adeo sint ordines praclara fundationes mirandu
eat neminem nunquam quicquam tale fandasse, in quo cum
utilitas combinetur
religione jetiam humani generii. prasent, ist quic unquam
eate fundaret inititutum in sapra quanc eredi potest
obligeret. Porteritatem veramque nomini suo immortalita
dem pararet,
C
Tale genq ordinii haud dubie in tantaseculi luc
non tantum magno axplatisu acciperetur sed et mox ne
cessariis undius subadua, legatia, fundationibus ex selendeseret
a
et per omne nationis Seclaque facile diffundereturscum
3.
sapientia etiam pretatem proppagaret.
Cum cocnobia non nulla tantis abundent divitur
oxtandum esset quod illis super est ultra vitus
commoditatem screntiaram verarum merementis
impendi quibus manime gloria sei celebratur
nne praclaram artificium experimento vel demon
stratione detectum hymnu eit venus et ircalii (seo
cantatus, cujus adminationem auget.