A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 251
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- the Doctrine of the Priniey.
- rood, vet it is not tatcen trom the Idea-
- but trom Principles ot true Reaton; 25
- Thac no man can doube his orn Percep.
- tion; thac every chine must havea C ause:
- thac ehis Cause must cither have RnO-
- ledec or noc: it it have, the Pointis gaincd;
- it ic hach nor, noching can produce no
- thine; and consequenely, a nOt LnOWIDE
- Beine cannot produce a linomine.
- Again, Tf ve suppose nothins t0 be first, dect. 10.
- Matter can never becin to be; if bare
- Matrer without Mocion eternal, Mocion can
- never becinto be; if Maiter and Motion
- he supposed Fternal, Thoucht can never be-
- ein t0 be. For, if Marter could produce
- thoucht, then-Thouche must le in the pover
- of Matter; and if it be in Matter as
- Such, it must be the inseparable Property os
- au Matter; Which is contrarr to the Sense
- and Experience of mantind. Is onty some
- parts of Marter have a pover of Thinkine.
- hou comes so creat a difference in the Pro-
- perties of the same Macier: What disposi-
- tion of Matter is required to thinking: And
- from vhence comes it: Of Which ne account
- can be siven in Reason.
- This isthe Substance os the Argument
- uled to prove an intinite spiritual Beino.
- arhichi Iam Car trom weakenine the torce
- oE; burthat which I delien, is to MeW,
- FBaC
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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 251. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0323?run=74