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Wherein the chief Causes of Error and Difficulty in the Sciences, with the Grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion, are inquir'd into, fol. 56

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  4. find ther may wich. equal force, bc
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  6. cention, Fisure, aud Mocion. Tho it
  7. must be contels d ehis method ot Arou-
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  9. isno Excention, Colour, eoc. in an Out-
  10. Wrard Object, a5 thac wre do noc knon
  11. by Sense Wrhich is che truc Extension or
  12. Colour ofche Object. But the Arou-
  13. menes foregoins plainlr shew ic to bc
  14. impossible thac aur Colour or Excensi-
  15. on at aIl, or ocher sensible Dualier What-
  16. fOerer, Moud Eixist in an unchintins
  17. Subicet ichout che Mind, or in truch
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  19. an outward Object.
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  21. reccird Ovinion: Ic is Paid Excention
  22. 15 a mode or accident ot Matter, and
  23. chat Matter is thc substratum chat sup-
  24. POrES It. NTo Idesire thac rou voud
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  26. cerS supporrins Extention: Say vou, I
  27. hareno Idca ot Matrer and cheretore
  28. Cannot.

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Wherein the chief Causes of Error and Difficulty in the Sciences, with the Grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion, are inquir'd into, fol. 56. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797331344:0068?run=74