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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 825

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  1. L A AP. Y.
  2. Enexcended, In Cs
  3. must perceive one Part of the Object, and another another; and nothine
  4. in TI ibe Whole sensible: just as it PMould havethe sense of one thine.
  5. and ron os anocher. Whereasit is plain by oux internal sense, Thac
  6. it is One and che SelF same ching in us, which perceires, both the
  7. Paris and chenhole. And oF chesecond, hevritech in chismanner
  8. ci) onsr raevnis acaroela. e5 andeg daeciodat 28 AEqDSS EVnOT(C)
  9. aenciess n acodCAS nad éxasor aiadnror oguenorto glreadat Enesco ojo
  10. avre anćess er r erporr isr cintras. But is every Part of theEx-
  11. tended Soul, perceive tho Whole sensible Object, since Maenitude is Infi-
  12. nitelu Divisible there must be in every man infinite sensations, and Ima-
  13. ses of one andibe same Object. Whereas e are lntimarely Conscious 10
  14. our selres, That me hare buc omly One Sensation ot One Object at
  15. chelame cime. And as For che Third and Last Part oF the Disjuneti.
  16. on Thac wrhat Sensibly Perceires in every one, is but One Single
  17. Poine, cicher Mathematieal or Physical. IEis certain GrIE chat a Ma-
  18. thematical Point, havins neicher Longitude, Lacicude, nor Profun.
  19. diey isno Body nor Subltance, but ouly a Nocion ot our onn Mind.
  20. Or a Mode oE Conceivins in us. And chen as For a Physical Point Or
  21. Minimum, a Body C0 Liule chac chere cannoc postibly bc any Lels
  22. Plotinus asTertins the Infinite Divisibilisy ot Body, here explodes che
  23. thing ic selF. Homever heturcher intimates. chac IF chere vere any
  24. Cucti Physieat Minimum, or AbColurely LeaA Body Or Extensum, chis
  25. could noc postibly receive upon ic a Diltinet Representation and Deli-
  26. neation, oFaII che sereral Parts oF a Whole Visible Object at Once, a8
  27. OE cheCres, Nose, Mouch, e c. in a mans Face or Pictures or oE thePar-
  28. ticularities oF an P difice: nor consd such à Parvitude or atom a5 chis.
  29. beche Cause oE all Animat Motions. And this was onc ol Aristotis
  30. Arxumenis, Wwhereby hevould prove 2 nextended Incorporeals, nisc
  31. apreci rd pre sdv. I5 the soul vere Indivisible as a Point, hor
  32. could it Perceive, that Which is Divisible E chat is, talce notice oC aII
  33. che Diltinet Parrs oF any Extended Object, and have a Deseription
  34. OF ehe whole OF CheM AE OnCC UPOn it SCIE. ThC Sum OF che whole
  35. Arpumentation is chis, ThacIF che Soul bc an Extended substance
  36. ehen must it oE necectuey be cither a Physical Point or Minimum, ehc
  37. Leas Extensum chac can postibly be, (it chere beanx such L. ealt, ane
  38. Body or Extention DC not Insinitely Divisible) or else it must contC
  39. OE more sueh Physicat Points, Joyned together. AsFor theFormer oF
  40. chese, ic hach been already declared co be impostible, thac one Sinele
  41. atom, Or Smallest Point oE Extension, Mould be able distinctly c0 Per-
  42. ccive all che varieer oF chings: 10 which mishe be added, Thac1O
  43. suppose everr Soul eo bebut one Physical Minimum, Or Smallest EX
  44. tensum, is to imply such an P. Sential Difference in Maccex or PXten(I
  45. on as chac (ome oF che Points chereot, Bould be Naturally devoid ot
  46. all rife, sense, and Vnderstandins, and ochers asain Naturally sen-
  47. sitive and Rational. Whieh Absurdiey chouph ic Mould be admit
  48. led, yec vould it be utterly Enconccirable, hon chere Mould come
  49. 1obc, One such sensitive and Rational Acom in every man and no
  50. more, and hon chis ould constanely remain che lame, trom Intancy
  51. OOId. AsC, whrilE OcheT PANES OF Matter Franspire perpetually.
  52. BUT aS FOr che Latter; IE Souls bc Excended Subltances, consictine
  53. E Moro Points, one rithout anocher ; aII Concurrins in every sen-
  54. sation.

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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 825. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1066509719:0845?run=74