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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. 184

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  1. 184. Of the Principles
  2. Part I.
  3. accordins to ehiem an Inch docs noc
  4. barely concain an intinite number et
  5. Pares, buc an Intinier ot an Intinier ot an
  6. Tnfinier ad infinitum et ParES. Ochersthere
  7. bc irho hold, all orders ot Infinitelimals
  8. belorche tirst co benochins ac all, chinte-
  9. ing ic, wich soodrealou, Ablurd, t0
  10. imagine chere is aur politire Ouancitr
  11. Or Parc ot Extension, Wvhichu, tho mul-
  12. tiplred Infinicelr, can never equal che
  13. (mallest siven Extension. And ret on
  14. the ocher hand, ic scems no lels AbTurd,
  15. to chinktheSquare, CubC, Or Ocher POW-
  16. er ot a politire, real ROOL, Mou d it sCIE
  17. De nochins ac all; Wrhich cher, Wwho
  18. hola InfinicesimalsoFche Frst Order, de-
  19. urins allot the subsequene Orders; arc
  20. Obliged EO MAIMEAIM.
  21. S T3T. Ilare re noc, cheretore, rea-
  22. son to conclude, ther arc both in thc
  23. Wrone, and thac therc is in effect no
  24. such ching as Pares intinitely Small, or
  25. au infinite number ot Parrs contam d in
  26. any Finice Ouantur: Buc rouillar, chat
  27. it this Doctrine obcains, it Wwill follow,
  28. the rery Foundations ot Cicometer arc
  29. destroyd:

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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. 184. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797331344:0196?run=74