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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 59

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: 0.87.

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  1. od
  2. MOE aEU
  3. ctien ehis
  4. neceCTIEY
  5. must have
  6. InOUS BO-
  7. NOC CO BC
  8. y irhere;
  9. CenEEKS,
  10. nEVeF EO
  11. distances
  12. De finite
  13. lies OF FHC
  14. the void
  15. eNumber
  16. Cmaterial
  17. CINCC re
  18. have
  19. at satural Deligion
  20. have very g00d Realon eo beliere thac
  21. the Tolid Substance has a very (inalI PFOPOr
  22. tion cothe Vacuities inter (persederen in our
  23. System, and the Maccer of this Ulniverle is
  24. almost nothing in respect ot the contain-
  25. ino Space, as has been insinuaced in the
  26. Former Chapter. For Since Space is intr.
  27. nite (as IMtrallhereaster demonstrate) and
  28. Tince theres a necessier ot admittins oF
  29. deural Vacuities as Phare Formertr Mhewrn;
  30. ies plain, Maeter cannoc be intinice in its
  31. extenE, Since chereb, ic is not equal to
  32. Space. Noir if the fxt Scars be finite in
  33. cheir Number, or the material part ofchis
  34. Cinirerse limiced in its extent, the Bodies
  35. at che limies oF the material part bcins
  36. quice trec trom actractions upon the side
  37. corrard the infinite Space, must vicld to
  38. the accracting Force of che Bodies corrard
  39. the common Center of Gravity oF the mate-
  40. rial part, and the Bonndaries viclding, che
  41. Bodiesnextthem must do (o likcevise, and
  42. Po on evneothe Center; For nothing buc
  43. an equal atrraction on all Elands can Kcep
  44. the fixt Stars constant in cheir Places, and
  45. nochine

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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 59. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797370323:0217?run=74