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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. 118

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  4. ele, on the Mocires Which induced Men
  5. eosuppole the Existence ot Macerial Sub-
  6. Aance; that (o harins obserr d che gra-
  7. dual Ceasins, and Expiration ot cholc
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  9. onably ithdrar the Assent chac as
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  11. Wras thoughe that Colour, Figure, Mo-
  12. tion, and che rest ot the Sentible Oua-
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  15. Ccem dnccdtul to suppose some unchint-
  16. ins Substratum, Or Substance Whrerein they
  17. did Exilt, Cince ther cond noc bc con-
  18. ceired to Exist by chemselres. After-
  19. Wrards, in procels ot time, Men beins
  20. convinced thac Colours, Sounds, and
  21. the rest ot ehe sensible, secondarr Oua-
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  23. cher Cripped chis Substratum or materi-
  24. al Substance ot those Oualicies, leaving
  25. ouly che Primary Ones, Figure, Moci
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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. 118. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797331344:0130?run=74