Wherein the chief Causes of Error and Difficulty in the Sciences, with the Grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion, are inquir'd into, fol. 150

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10. perceire crery moment ot our Lives.
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13. mas scem odd and unaccountable to
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18. licude oF Appcarances, as Wvell inthelIea-
19. rens a5 the Farth, chac argue innumera-
20. ble Bodies to have a mutual Tendeney
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22. by che generat Name Attraction, Wtrat
23. erer can be reduced to thac he chinkes
24. jultlr accounted For. Thus he explains
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26. raqueous GloDc corrards che MOOU
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28. anomalous, buc ouly a particular Exam-
29. ple oF a general Rule or La oF Na
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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. 150. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797331344:0162?run=74