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Sympathia? orirentur ,
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a n tip a
thia; innum era; , ac alii e ffe d u s
sine ulla ratione ipfos d eterm i
nante , q u x in co M u n d o exi-
ilcrcc .
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illud a d d id i: poflc u n am
p a rticu lam com p o n i prorfus in-
tliffolu bilem , in qua p u n d a cani
c o m p o n e n tia co ga n tu r non e g re
di c fp h x r u la r e fp c d iv a u tc u m
q u e e x ig u a , quin ca p u n d a fint
in u llo lim ite c o h x fio n is : fatis
e d e t , fi o m n ia e d e n t in validif-
,fim o liinitc co h x fio n is cum tribus
p u n d is rcm otiflim is . Is folus li
nies co ge re t illa tria pumfea ad
h aben dam fem per illam d eterm i
n atam d ifla n tia m ab illis o m n i
bus nihil fere m utaram a diverfa
polition e e o ru m alio rum p u n d o
rum , q u x itidem eam d illantiam
h a b e te d eberen t ab ipfis tribus
n ih il ad fen fum m u ta tam a viri
bus m utu is , quibus in fe ageren t,
q u x im pedirent accuratam ipfo-
r u m c om p e n ecratio n cm . Q u o
n iam m u ta ri non poflet ultra li
m ites u tc u m q u e a r d o s d iflan tia
ullius e p u n d i s m a flu lx illius ab
ullo cx illis tribus p u n d is
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debe
rent utique habere om n ia eandem
d iflan tiam re la tivam ab iis,a d e o
que a fe in vicem difcederc non
p o lle n t . In terca im p rcllo qu o vis
m o tu ei p a rticu lx ,m o v e re n tu r fi
m u l illa tria p u n d a re m o ta ,q u o .
rum m o tu s nihil ad fen fum tur
b aret m o tu m , quem fim iles p ar
tic u lx p r o x im x exercerent in a li
as p roxim as,fi h o ru m p u n d o r u m
n um eru s fo r e t ita imm an is , ut
qu an titas m otu s illorum trium
‘ u tcum q u e pendens ab ea im m a n i
diflantia fo ret ad fen fum nullus
r e fp e d u quan titatis m o tu u m u tu t
c x ig u o ru m ,q u o s h ab eren t singula
mafTiilx cujufvis p u n d a .
Plu rim a alia e xc o gitari p o liu n t
eod em p e r tin e n tia , q u x fluun t
cx illa unica c u r v a , fed illud
a dh uc adjiciam , qu od iterum
propofiii . Si effent d u x ingentes
m a flx p u n d o r u m in eodem fpatio
fitx , in q u aru m fin gu lis fingula
p u n d a r c fp c d u U n gu lo rum ejuf-
dem m a flx haberen t vires pen
dentes a c u r v a , q u x vel eflct
ead em pro m alfa utraque , vel
d iverfa , at n ulla h aberetu r vis
m u tu a inter p u n d a prioris m a l l i
c u m p u n d is poflcrioris $ p o llen t
haberi duo M u n d i in eod em loco
apparenter c o m p e n e tr a ti, fed ita,
u t fin g u li fuos m otus evo lve re n t,
quin ulla n otitia alterius pollet
m igra re in a lterum . H a b e ri pof-
fet M u n d o ru m ejufm od i n um erus
i m m c n f n s . Q u is fc ita n n obifeum
fint hic alii p lurim i vel n o firo fi
m iles M u n d i , vel a n o fir o p ror
fus difltm i!es,qui nobis fint pror
fus ign oti ? Q u id vero , fi bin o
rum M u n d o ru m p u n d a nullam
quidem h ab eren t a d io n e m inter
f e , fed p u n d a tertii h aberen t
a d io n e m cum iis : q u x n o v a fe-
ges im m cn fa cafuuin inducentium
fuas p h x n o m c n o r u m series fane
m ir a b ile s , q u x ramen om n ia tam
varia , tam m ulta pendere p ollent
a natura vel u n ic x c u r v x ,
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p eragi o m n ia certis le g ib u s ,
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in c o n c u fh s? Q u o c u m q u e m entis
acicrn circu m fe ro , ubique feges
im m e n fa fefe e x h ib e t m ed itatio
nibus , q u x nih il ita m a n ifc flo
m en ti fid u n t, u t im m a n e m , in ex-
prim ib ilem ,
infinitam^ p ro rfu s
h u m a n x m en tis n o flr x im becilli
tatem ,
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c x c ita tc m .
1 H ic jam h abetur p o flrcm u s
o m n iu m p erq u ifitio n um f r u d u s ,
f a d o grad u a ta m a tot m ir a b i
lium p h x n o m c n o r u m m u ltitu d i
n e,atqu e o rd in e,
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