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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 681

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  2. Hat
  3. 100
  4. CuP
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  7. HAP. IV. Final C ausal. no Idolum SpecuS.
  8. nochins vere done cherein For Ends Intended By a Fieber Mind, ther
  9. ic che very spirit of atheism and Insidelity. IE isnO Edol OE thC
  10. CaDC OF Den (FO WSe that Affected Languase) chatis, DO Prejudice, Or
  11. Fallacy impole d upon oux selves, From the actriburins our oin ani-
  12. maliss Properries, tothines withont us; eo chinte chac the Frame and
  13. System oF this hole Worid, mas contrired by a Perfect Vnderstand-
  14. ne Beins or Mind (non alto pretidins over che Came) whict hact
  15. every here printed che Sienatures oE its onn Wisdom uxon thc
  16. Matter. A5 al(0, that etiousk Nature it PelF do noc properir intend
  17. vet it aeteth accordins co an Intellectual elatform PreleribedtoiE, 25
  18. Deins che Mannary Opificer OF the Divine architectonick art, or ehis
  19. Art iETeIE aS it lvere Transfused into the Matter and Embodied in it.
  20. Chusciceros Balbus lons since declared concernins it; that it WaS
  21. nOc, Vis quaedam sine Ratione, ciens Motus in Corporibus Necessarios:)
  22. sed vis particeps ordinis, tanquam sia proerediens; enjus solerriam
  23. nulla ars, nemo arrisex consequi potest imitando; Not a force 2neyi-
  24. ded by Reason, Excitins Necessary Motions in Bodies Temerarionsty; but
  25. such a Force as partakes of Order, and proceeds asit vere Methodically:
  26. obose cunnins or Ingeniosity, no art or Humane Opisicer ean possibli
  27. each to by Emitation. For, it is altogether Enconccirable, hon ve
  28. Due Selres tould have Mind and intention in us, vere there none
  29. in che Universe, or in chac Fiehest Principle Erom which all proceeds.
  30. Moreover ic mastruly attirmed by aristorte, thacthere ismuch more
  31. Se Art in POme OF che chinss OE Nature, chan chere is in any chinc
  32. arrisicially made by men; and cheretore Intention, Or Finat and
  33. Mtental Cansality, can no more be secluded trom che consideration ot
  34. datural, chiam ic can sromehatoE artificial thines. Nom it is plaim
  35. hac Thines artisicial, 2s a Houle or Clock, can neither be Under-
  36. lood, nor any erue Cause of them altigned, without Desien, Or In-
  37. ention Tor Ends and Cood. For co Cay, thac a Ftouse, is Stones, Tim-
  38. der, Mortar, Tron, ClasS, L. Cad, 8c. all puttozether, is nottogive
  39. Detinicion chiereot, ox to cell whacindeed ic is; it beins such an
  40. Apc Dispolition oCall chese Materiols, as may makce ux che whole tit For
  41. labination, and the2 ses oF men. Wherctore chis is noi CufficienelY 10 a(.
  42. hen ihe Cause oEa House neicher; tOdectarE OUE OF What Ouarry thC
  43. Sionesvere duxg, nor in What WVoods or Forels the Timber mas FclI.
  44. d, dud che like: NoraS Aristorle addeth, cins 7 roizor juyuinadaet EE Nat. Avs
  45. Malune vopiloi, dnr ree pete Baeea xeerco ENE DEeada, Ta y 18 pa 67 NO. L. 2. c. 9.
  46. nS. did oi niBo p naerco n DeptNIa, i 3 In aiveo diee Tiv nspSTura 672.
  47. ANiC) pahisC rà EbRa: NSPSTaTa rde. Is any one sould eo abont thui
  48. sive an acconnt os a Fonse from Material Necessity (as che Acheistick
  49. hilolophers chen did oF che Worie aud che Bodies oF Animals) That
  50. de Heavier thines beine carried donnnvard of their oun accord, and
  51. beLiehter uxuard; therefore the stones and Fonndation lay at the
  52. boltom, and the Farth for the Walls beine Liehter was Fieher; and the
  53. imber beine et Liehter, Hieher than that; but above allthe Stram or
  54. harch, it beins ihe Lishtest of all: Nor laCly, it 25 che Came Aristotle elle-
  55. phere also lusgestech, onestionld Furcher pretend, chat a Hloule was
  56. herctore made such, exneooit 9 28 oeroers, ecc. meerly because the
  57. lands of ihe Labourers, and the Axes, and Hammers aud Trovels.
  58. ne oltier instruments, Chaneed all cobe moved (0 an d (0. We Cay
  59. hae

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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 681. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1066509719:0701?run=74