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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 753

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  2. b
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  4. Hattet
  5. 1d 1
  6. cC
  7. like
  8. d
  9. re
  10. terir
  11. 12
  12. it
  13. had
  14. GHAD. TV. Plucarcts Spurious Theilm.
  15. ot Corporeal Substance Pre. Existine. An Edolum Specus. (iF l may usc etia
  16. Languase) rhich in all Probabiliey had ies Frst Original, ChicAy From
  17. mens Meaturino che Kxtent oFaIl Porer, by cheir omn Production ot
  18. Artificial thines. Because Cor(ooth, a Carpenter or Architect cannor matie
  19. aHonse, buE out OF Pre. Existins Timber Bricks, and Stones, nOr a Zaylour
  20. Carment. DuE OuEOF Pre. Existins Cloth; nor a CocK, Puddines Or Pres
  21. buE OUEOF Pre. Exiltins Materials Or Ineredients; Thatcheretore no Po-
  22. ver whatsoerer nonochat of Cod Almigher, can extend any further,
  23. chan corhe Nem Modifgins OE Pre. Exiltent Matter, DUENOLtO the Pro-
  24. duction or Cansins oF any substance. We Mall in che next place make it
  25. appCar, Chat erEchis APertion FruC, FhacNO Substance or Real Entity
  26. Wotich once mas Not conld Be Cansed or Produced y et would it normith.
  27. Candine oEche Two, more impuon atheism, than Theism (ic beins Pol
  28. lible Tor Falstoods, choughnot For Truths, 10 dilaBrec) For as much 98
  29. ehe Atheists do really brins More ont of Nothine. Or Non Existence
  30. chanthe Theists dozand cheretore oughe noc to makee chis an Objection
  31. agains Theism. Forthough accordins to che True and Genuine Theo-
  32. 18). Cod or a Perfect Beine De supposed, to bc the Only Necessary Setf.
  33. existent Thine, and the Canse oF iIl ocher substance, and conseguent.
  34. y co have Produced all imperfect Thines, noc only souls, but aIIo Mar-
  35. er iE PeIF, EE su dilcoV, Ont of NOThinE, OT AN ANECCCdeNE Non Lx
  36. istence, vet is there, by reason ot the Wcakness OF Humane Under-
  37. landines, a Larinde in Theism. Wheretore lome there are, Wtio
  38. phouxh imposed uxon br chac idolum specus, or impriloned in it
  39. Chac Nothine can possibly be Made but ont of Pre. Existine Marter; by
  40. cheNem Modisication thereosz do normichltandins deroucly vorstrix
  41. Beity, accordine cocheir Notion OF it, A P erfect ly Understandine BC-
  42. ne Onmade; choush nocche Creator OF Matter, Vet che Maker oF che
  43. Phole Worid Ouc OE ic, and che Supreme Governour OF che lamC;
  44. ney chus suppotins zuo Principles in ihellniverse, an Active aud a
  45. Cassive onc, God and Marrer. Besides wrtrich, ic is not impostible FOx
  46. sihersco chink, chac chou∞H Masser Or B0dy DC HOE Che ouly substance,
  47. Duc Humane Souls are Incorporeal, yet the substance ot thele souls
  48. HASNOE Created OUE OF Nothins nO more chan cat oF BodY, but chey
  49. vere Made cither out OF some Pre. Existine common soul, (as cheir
  50. intellisible Matter) OF OUL OF che substance OF che Deity ic sCIF; OF
  51. el(e Fxisted Of themselves, from Pternity Onmade: aud yet neverthe-
  52. els may chele actenomledse, One supreme Vnderstandine Beine Self
  53. Existent allo, chouxh neicher chC CFCatOT OF Master, nOr OF Souls, y et
  54. ilie Supreme Covernour and Orderer oF allI. Aud ic is certain, chac
  55. Clutarehis Cod, was no becter than chis, and Vet WaSFhaE PaSAN NOE-
  56. wichlcandins, a Devout Relisionist in his Kind, a5 Well a5 a Fearry Mo-
  57. ralist. And such a Theism Or Zheology, as cithier oE chole Forementio-
  58. ned, (chouxtr noc cennine and sincere, buc impertect and Mongrel
  59. hings) mould perhaps becoche Acheists, licele less Froublelome and
  60. Uneatie, chan che True. Thus have we Cheved, chac chis Principle.
  61. That Nochine can come ont os Nothins, or beMade, Ocherwise chan OuE
  62. dE Pre. Existine substance or Masser, choush ic be indeed contradicti-
  63. us 10 che Frue and Genuine Theoloey, yec is ic noc absolurely Incon.
  64. iltent wich all manner oE Relieron; chere beine certain Spurions or
  65. mpersect Forms oE Theism, builc upon chis Foundation. Butnon on
  66. lic

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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 753. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1066509719:0773?run=74