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Poftremo, quod det rebus fundamina cunelis.
Progrediens ita nos Natura inducit ad unum.
Propterea * vifus rationes reddere privas
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libri , n im ir u m v o c e s .
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analylis c diverfis c o r p o r i b u s .
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U lte rio r an a lylis h a r u m , v e lu ti
,, vo cum , litte ra s m in u s a d h u c
,, inter fc d iffo rm e s i n v e n i r e t ,
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N e w t o n u s p ro p o fu it pofi: d e m o n .
A ra tas ncceflacias v ire s a d i v a s .
N im ir u m rem in e p tam cfle p r o
lin gu lis p h x n o m e n is c o m m in ifc i
lin gu la p rin cip ia , m o re illo ru m
P e rip a te tic o ru m , q u i fin g u la ru m
fp ccie ru m p ro p rie tate s re p e te b an t
a fpccificis ip fa ru m fo rm is . Id
qu id em era t revera n ih il d icere .
Q u x r c n d x fu n t le g e s g e n e r a l e s ,
te
eo m a jo r h a b e b itu r ju xta N e w .
to n u m
p r o g r e flu s in P h y f i c a ,
o u o ad p a u c io r a p rin cip ia d ev e n
tu m fu erit d erivata c x ipfis N a t u -
r x p h x n o m e n i s , per q u x p b x n o -
m e n a ipfius re liq u a e x p li c e n t u r .
T r i a e ju fm o d i p rin c ip ia ip fe p r o
p o n i t , q u x n im ir u m e x h ib e a n t
g ra v ita te m , c o h x f io n c m , fe r-
m e n ta tio n e m : cam a u t e m c o h x -
lion cm , q u x o rta a v i m a x im a in
c o n t a d u , i b i , ubi in p r im ig e n iis
p a r t ic u lis , quas p o n it d u r a s ,
te
fo lid a s , cor»cadus fit n o n in a l i
q u o t p u n d i s , fed iri fu p c r fic ie -
bus c o n t in u i s , fic a b fo lu tc in fin i
ta . H is principiis a d u o f i s a d d it
d iv e rfam m a g n itu d in e m ,
te
f i
g u r a m p a rticu la ru m m a t e r ix p ri.
m ig e n ia r u m , q u a m N a t u r x A u .
d o r felegerie in iis.cfform an d is ita ,
u t p er cas illis prin cip iis v e lu ti
a n im a ta s p o ilc t oriri feries hrec
o rd in a ta p h x n o m e n o r u m , q u x
in univetria N a tu r a o c c u r r u n t . E a
ip fum N e v v t o n i lo c u m , in q u o
co n tin e tu r to tu m ip fius s y ft c m a
p e rtin en s ad p rim a m r e r u m o r i g i
n e m ,
te
totius N a t u r x fo r m a m .
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,, n ib us b e n e p e r f p e d i s ,
te
q o tl-
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fideratis , illud m ih i v id e t u r
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„ ejue D e u m o p tim u m m a x i m u m
in p tin c ip io re ru m m a t e r ia m
y,
ita f o r m a f l e , uc p r im ig e n ia :
„ ejus p a r t i c u l x , e q u ib u s deiu~
„ ccps o r it u r a e fle t c o r p o r e a o m -
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