A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 232
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The machine reads it as
- A Vindication of
- ous Ideas, or Perceptions of thines; of affirm-
- ins. or denyins accordine as he sees them
- to acree or disarree, and this is Reason in
- General. It is not the bare recervine
- Ideas into the Mind, that is strictly Reason,
- (rrhro everthoushe ic WaS:) but the Per-
- ception of the Arreement, or Disacreement
- of our Ideas in acreater or lesser Number;
- Wherein soever this dereement or Disa-
- preement may consist. If the Perception be
- immediate without the assistance of any o-
- ther Idea, this is not cau d Reason, but
- Self.Fividence: but When the mind makes
- use of intermediate Ideas to discover that
- Agreement or Disarreement, this method
- of Rnouledce is properly cau d Reason or
- Demonstration. And so Reason is defined
- e0 be that l’aculty of the Soul, Which dis-
- covers the certainty of any thine dubious,
- or obseure by comparinq it vith somethine
- evidently knoion.
- This is ofterd eo the Worlo, a5 an AC.
- conne of Realon; but to Mer how very
- loole, and unsatistactory it is, I detire it
- may beconliderd, that this Doctrine sup.
- Poles, chat re must have clear and di-
- sinct Ideas oF erhaterer We pretend 10 2.
- ny cerrainty ot in our Minds, and thaco
- che only Way to accam chis certainty, 15
- by comparins chele ideas togecher. Whicl
- excliides
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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 232. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0304?run=74