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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 210

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  1. Paoan citiconor au Mtalle, o.
  2. Poled (Ellentialis Mcludins singularity in it) mishe lcem to harel
  3. ImalIForce or Validity in ic
  4. XII. Buc xirstchis Opinion e Maus Setf. existent Deities, Inde
  5. pendent uxon One supreme, is boch V’ery Errational in it PelE, and alle
  6. plainly Repugnant tothe Phaenomena. We Cay FirIt, it is Prrationat
  7. in ic selE, Decause Sels. existence, and Necessary Existence being Psenti
  8. al EOa PErFCCt Beins and tonochine else, it must necds be very irra
  9. tional and absura to suxpose a Mnttiinde oF imperfect Understand
  10. ins Beines Self. existent, and no perfect One. MOrCOVeF, IF IMper.
  11. Fect Ulnderstandins Beines were imagined toExist OF themselres TrOM
  12. Eternies, chere could not postibly be any realon siven, why just so
  13. many oF ehem Mould exist, andneither MOrenOT L eIS, there beine
  14. indecd no realon wrhy any ac all Bould. But iF it be supposed, thac
  15. theseMany SelF existent Deirieshappened only to Exist thus FrOM
  16. Eternitr, and cheir Existence nocrichctanding, was not Necessars
  17. but Continsent, the Consequence hercot willbe, that ther mightas
  18. ell happen againto cease to be, and (0 conld not be Incorruprible.
  19. Again, iE any one impersect Beins Whatloerer, could exist oF it selstrons
  20. Eternicy; ihen all mistit as well do Po, noc oniy Matter, but alle
  21. the souls oF Men and ocher Animals, and consequently there coute
  22. Be Nocreation by any Dcity, nor those supoled Deiries theretore
  23. deserve That Name. LastIy, e mighe also add, thac chere coule
  24. not be a Mulcitude oE Incellectual Beings SclF existent, becaulc it 15
  25. a chins which may be proved by Reason, thac all Impersect Under
  26. Ctandins Beinss or Minds, do partake of one Perseit Mind, and sux
  27. Pose allo Omnipotence or Insinite Pover; vere it nOE, that this IS
  28. Consideration iooremote trom Vulgur Apprehention, and theretore
  29. not (0 Ht to bc urged in this place.
  30. Again, as this Opinion OE Many Self. existent Deities, is Trrational u
  31. it CelE, Pois ic likcerise plainly Repuenant to the phaenomena oF the
  32. NVorid. In etrich, as Macrobius vrites, omnia sunt connexa,
  33. thines conspire tosether into One Harmony, and are carried on Peact
  34. ably and Ouietly. Constancly and P avenly, wichout any Tumule a
  35. Turly. burlr, Contusion or Dilorder, or chie lealt appearance ot schist
  36. andFaction; wrtich could noc postibly be suppoled, Were the Wot
  37. Made and Coverned, by a Rabble oE self existent Deities, C oorc
  38. nate, and Indepondentupon Onc Supreme. Wherctore chis kind a
  39. concr cits.I. 1. Polycheilm was obiter chus consured by Origen; bsco SV βeXtior rd ex
  40. s oecopeticor rdoouuor rois n rli araeEiar 1 uoous oeodv 7 orussqu
  41. airo eros oi era, n ovurvéort aure onco cavlco, dia 2ero un derapels
  42. Io NONIEV Sjuxecor govera cis Sdl ind no Vcr i cov svexeadat inov 7 59
  43. vor nersocor; Hom much bester is it, aereably to rhat me sec in the harma
  44. nions system os theWorid, 10 norstipone only Maker os theWorid, bic
  45. is one, and conspirins thronshont ithits whole sels, and therefore conta
  46. not be made by many artificers, as neither be conteined by Many Sonts
  47. Movine the Whole Heaven? Nom since chis Opinion isboth Trratha
  48. nal in it selE and Repugnant tothe Phaenomena, ctiere is che lels
  49. babiliey chac ic Moule have been reccived and entercained by all clta
  50. XIII. WhOs
  51. more lacttisent PaganS.

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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 210. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1066509719:0230?run=74