A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock, fol. 20
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- as to the Idea ot Perfection.
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- Perfection; Which to have an adlequate
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A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock, fol. 20. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797937889:0032?run=74