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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Philosophie LH 4, 6, 4, fol. 8r

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  1. ILock1B reply tothe Rignt Reverend thet ord Bishop of cvorcester
  2. Ans
  3. iver to hos second letter london 1699. 8
  4. pay. 401. Tou cannot concerve hocoMatter eau attract matter at
  5. anys distance muchless at the distance of 100000r miles. Ergo God cannot
  6. sive it such a porver. Tou cannot, conceive hoio apatter phould
  7. feel or affect an imnateria beinq, or be moved bs it. Ergo God
  8. cannot qrve it suth porvers. Wdich is in efect todenus gravitus
  9. aud the revolution et the planets abvutthe sun, to maze Brutes meer
  10. Machini Wwithont seuse or spautaneons motion, an to allo Man neither
  11. is true,i say Essan B. 2. c. 8. 5. 1V That Bodres
  12. sense nor volontarus motion
  13. operate bus impulse aud mothinque esse Ano soi thouget ioheni
  14. pag. 408.
  15. drit it, aud reat y et can concxive no other vau of their operation
  16. But; am since convinced by the judicions M Nerotons incomparable
  17. The gra-
  18. Buoz, that tist t0o bolo a presonition to limit conceptions
  19. vitation of Matter toroants Mater bay Wdays inconceivable to me
  20. is not ontus a demonstration that God can if tie pleases, put intobodres
  21. povers aud loays of operation above rohat can be derived trom our idea
  22. et bodys, or can be explained by iohat Woc Knou ot matter but aiso an
  23. unquestionabee aud everys rohere visible instance tat he has done 10. And
  24. there fore in the next Edition of my book, saltate lare to
  25. lave that passage rectifier

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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Philosophie LH 4, 6, 4, fol. 8r. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/00068626:0015?run=74