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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 760

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  1. Lite and IInderstandins,
  2. BOOK L
  3. Generated and Corrupted, wichout the Produeins oF any Real Entiry out
  4. of Nothins, and Reducine oE any inco Nothine; tor as much as che
  5. Subltance still remains entirely che Came. But che Acheists, takInE iE
  6. For granced, chac chere is no other substance behdes Body or Marter,
  7. docheretore FalAy suppose, chac hich is really incorporeal substance,
  8. or elleche attributes, Properties, and Modes chereot, to be che meer
  9. accidents oF Marter, and Consequently conclude hele co DC Generable
  10. ont of ic, richour the production ot any Real Entityont of Nothine.
  11. We Cay Cheretore, that it does not at aIl FolIOW, BCCaUSCThC TAHC NA-
  12. merical Matter, (a5 For example a Piece ot WV AX) may be Succectire.
  13. Iy made Spherical, Cubical, Cylindrical, Pyramidal, Ox oF any other
  14. Fisure; and che lame man may Succcstively, Stand, Sit, Kneel and
  15. Walk; boch, ithout the production oF Anychins out oF Nochins; Or
  16. because, a heap oF Stones, Bricks, Morcer, and Timber, lyins alto.
  17. sether dilorderly ond consuledly, may be made into a stately Palace;
  18. and that without che Miraculons Crearion OF any RCaL ENLIIy OULOFNO-
  19. thine; chactheretore the lame may be altirmed litemise, ot every
  20. thing else, besides the bare Substance oF Marter, as namely Lise and
  21. Onderstandine. Soul and Mind, that though chere be No luch thine
  22. in Matter IE PCIE, vet the Production OF them Out OF Matter, vould
  23. beno Production; oE somethine ont of Nothine. Onc Ground ot
  24. irtrich mistake hath been, Frommens noc righely considerins wrhat che
  25. accidents of a Substance are, and chat cher are indecd Nothine but che
  26. Modes TherEOF. Nom a Mode is such a chins, aS CANNOL Possibly BC
  27. conceived, without that whereot ic is a Mode; 25 standine, Sittine
  28. Fnceline and Walhine; cannot be conceired rithout a Body Organi-
  29. 2ed, and cheretore are buc Modes chereot; buc Lise and cositation
  30. may beclearly apprehended wichour Body, or any chins OF. Extenston 3
  31. nor indecd can a Thoushe Beconceived, tobe ot luch a Lenerh,
  32. Breacth and Thicknes, or to he Freed and Sliced out, into many
  33. Pieces, all irhich laid iogether, as (0 many Small Chips thereos, would
  34. makce up again, the entirenesS OF chac whole ThonChI. From Wvhence
  35. it ongheto be concluded, that Cositation is no accident, or Mode of
  36. Matier, Or Bulhy Extension, but a Mode Or Attribute OF another Sub-
  37. stance, RealIY diltinet From Marter, Or Incorporeal. There is indecd
  38. Nochins else elcarly conceirable by us in Body or Bulhy Extension, bue
  39. only more or le(s Magnitnde of Parts, Figures, Site Motion, ex Rest;
  40. and all the Disserent Bodies chatare in the hole Worid, are bur se-
  41. veral combinations or Syllables, made up out oF thele FCW Letters:
  42. bucno Maenitudes, Fieures, Sites, aud Motions, can Postibly Spell Ou
  43. Componnd Tise and sense, Cositation and Vnderstandine, 25 the Sylla
  44. bles FHCrCOF; and cheretore co suppole chese 10 be Generated Out
  45. OE Matrer, is plainly eo suppole lome Real Entity to be broughe Out
  46. OENothins, er Somethins eo be made withouta canse, which is Im-
  47. possible.
  48. che business OF Sensible Qualities and Forms, a5 they are vulxarly con-
  49. Ceired, eo be distinet Entities, trom chose forementioned Modisicati-
  50. ons OE Matter, in respect OE Magnitude OE Parts, Fisure, Sile, Motion.
  51. or Rest. FOr Cncechese Qualities and Forms, are unquestionably ce
  52. veratec
  53. Buc chac irtrich hach pridespalts contirmed men in this Erront is
  54. De
  55. ckan
  56. Aion
  57. n
  58. rem
  59. leure
  60. an
  61. lann
  62. hiine
  63. Quatic.
  64. ancie
  65. dont
  66. 1
  67. rec
  68. cri

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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 760. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1066509719:0780?run=74