Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 115
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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 115. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797370323:0273?run=74