A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 267
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The machine reads it as
- the Doctrine of the Friniey.
- our simple Ideas are laid to De adequate, be-
- causether are laidtobe only the sffects of
- Povers in thines Which produce Sensations
- in us. Buc this dochnot prove them ade-
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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 267. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0339?run=74