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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 140

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  1. Our Ideas of Substances.
  2. Diamonds, and ottier pellucid Bodies. Blood eo the natied F.YC apPEarS
  3. alt red; but by a 500d Microscope, Wherein its lelser parts appear, Mers
  4. only fome terr Crlobules of Red, Wvimming in a pellucid Liquor3 and hou
  5. thele red Crlobules tould appear, it GElastes could be Pound, that yet conic
  6. masnitie them rooo, or 10000 times more, is uncertain.
  7. 5. F2. The intinitels wile contriver oFus, and al things about us, hath
  8. Atred our senles, Faculties, and Orsans, to the conveniences ot Lite, and
  9. theBusiness ve have to dohere We are able by our Senles, to Kno, and
  10. distinguist things; and to examine them Cotar, as to apply them to our
  11. Vles, and several vass accommodate che lixisences ot this Lile. We
  12. have insiptit enoush into their admirable Contrivances, and ondertut
  13. Ffects, to admire, and masnitie the Wildom, Pover, and Goodnels ot
  14. etieir Auttor. Such a Rnoledse as chis, which is luited to our present
  15. Condition, We want not Faculties to attain. But it appears not, that Ciod
  16. intended, re Bould have a perfect, clear, and adlequate Rnom ledse ol them:
  17. that perhaps is not in the Comprehention ot any finire Beins. Weare
  18. furnistred with Faculties (dull and reak as they arc) to dilcover enough
  19. in the Creatures, 10 lead is to tHe Rnomledze ot the CreatOr, and the
  20. Hriotrledse ot our Dutr; and we are Arred ell enough ith Abilities, 10
  21. proride For the Conveniences ot livins. These are our Bulinels in this
  22. World: But rere our Senses altered, and made much quicker and acuter,
  23. Ehe axpearanee and outivard Scheme ot thinos vould have quire anorher
  24. FacetOus; and Pam apt to chinte, ould be inconliltent ith our Beins
  25. Or at least well Beinq in this part os the Dnivorle re intrabit. EIe char
  26. Considers, horr litele our Constitution is able tobear aremove into parts ot
  27. this Rir noc much hipher thar thate commonty breactr in, vill have rea-
  28. Ponto Be satished Fhat in ehis Globe of F.arth alotred For our Mansion, thealt
  29. ise Archirect has Tuiced our Organo, and ithe Bodies, that are to affect
  30. FHCIOne ED anOTHer. IFour Sense of Flearing verobut rooorimes quiele
  31. er than it is, hor vould a perpetual noise distractus: And ve Bouldin
  32. the quicrest Recirement, belels able to Deep or editato, than in the mid.
  33. ale ot a Sea-hghI. Nar, ilthar most instructire ot our senles, Sccino, prere
  34. in any Nan ro0O, or r00ooo more acure than it is non by thebestMicro
  35. (Cope, He Would sec thinss 1000 or 100000 lelsthan he idoes no, an
  36. (o come nearer the Dilcorery ol the Texture and Morion ol the minure
  37. Paris ot corporeal thinos; ard in mans ot ehem, probably set Ideas ot
  38. their internal Constiturions: But then he vould Dein a quite differene
  39. Worid trom ocher Deople: Nothins ould appear the same eo hrim, ando.
  40. chers: the visible Ideas oF everr thinq ould be ditterent. So tharII
  41. doubr. Whether he, and the rest oF Men, could discourse concernins tte
  42. Objects of Sistit; or hare ans Communiearion about Colours, their ap.
  43. pearances beinus (0 Wholy different. And pertraps, such a quiclenels and
  44. Fenderness oF Sioht couid nocendure Bripht Sun-Thine, or lo muchras open
  45. Dayliche; nor tasse in bue a very tinall pare of any Object at once, and
  46. Elat 100 Only at a veri near distance. And if by ehic help OF Tuch. Micro
  47. seopical Ffes, (ifImay so callthem,) a an could Denetrare Parcher than
  48. ordinary into ehe secret Compolrion; aud radical lexture of Bodies, he
  49. ould noc malie aur preat adrantase by the change, it luctr an acure SigHt
  50. ErouldnOtserveto conduet nim to the Market and Exchange, IF he could not
  51. Sec Thinos, he ras eo avoid at a convenient distance; nor distingui chings
  52. he Had eo dorith, br chose sensible. Oualities Orhers do. Fle LhaF WaS
  53. Marp. Sslced enouoh eo seo che Contiguration oF the minute Particles ot
  54. ihe Spring oF a Clock, and observo upon erhat peculiar Structure and Im-
  55. pulse, ilo Clat Morion depends, irouldno douhr discover somechite
  56. rery
  57. BC

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 140. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0156?run=74