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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 23

Machine transcription. Not an edition. Errors are expected: about 8% character error rate on Latin and French lines, higher on German. Mean line confidence on this page: 0.90.

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  2. Pender
  3. Chex by
  4. to thin
  5. nothing
  6. mbranes
  7. ortrich ie
  8. nimal is
  9. infinite.
  10. intinicel
  11. Pounded
  12. proporti.
  13. inite the
  14. Machim
  15. Patural Delision
  16. Mlachin is altogether abore the Porver ot
  17. Mechanicks, aud quice impracticable by che
  18. LairS OF Matter and Motion: But this is
  19. exacilsthe present Cale, andtheretorethe
  20. Production oF an Animal is altosether im-
  21. mechanicat. 3. Allorine Animals miohe
  22. hare been produc dby the calual concourle
  23. otAtoms, Wrhy donotthese very Pame C au
  24. les continnally operace, and wrhy dorrenot
  25. Sec che lame PHects in our Days (Cince che
  26. Caules contine the Pame) that were bchela
  27. in former Times. IF any oF che Philoso
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  30. rumins uxon Contradictions) ho Cuch
  31. a Machin miste be produed, e mishe
  32. besin to hearken to their Pretences. BuF
  33. Cince Puch a thins as never (Cen nOr pre-
  34. tended, ics vers arrosant inthem to chinte
  35. Pcople Mhon d Believe che Matter wichont
  36. ans Realon uxon cheir meer Word. NO
  37. Body nor-a dass chat understands any
  38. chins oF Nature or Philosophy can Po much
  39. as imagine chat auy Animal hor abject (o.
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  41. neration

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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 23. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797370323:0181?run=74