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what they could say, in case such a kindScepticism should begin to prevail; or a S ^exercise in an university, to shew hovvfa rvVand invention might go to maintain a P asadox, there had been little in it: but wh efl

as the existence of a material world, shews aness to mistake, or misrepresent things in this m 0IIieI \tens affair. And, thirdly , to fay it is not neceff^ ^all to make any supposition concerning the existedmatter in this cafe, is to suppose that the appearance _

be produced indifferently, whether matter exist, otand that again is to contradict all the evidence W e

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for the existence of matter in a waking state, bef° {? ^come to the doubt of it from the appearance of dr^* 1 ^ing; or it is to confound the distinction of the

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states, from which nevertheless we pretend to raist 0 ^doubt and suspicion. Wherefore at any rate it is ih c ^siftent to think this appearance can afford us a s°of doubting.

Whether our Author could have any other gro ust ^call the existence of matter in question^, (hall ^ C 0,sidered afterward; though it seems evident i st 1<: gthat the reality of external objects could neverbeen questioned, unless we had some time or 0

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been deceived in this point, either while afleep,awake. Had not this happened, all suspicion ^have been prevented, and doubting thought z,P ieCextravagance. ^ „

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