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in unequal ideas, are as their dist& n< j®from the centers of these ideas'? Or, *volumes of comprejfed ideas, are recipr° ca .ly as the weights of the superincumbentdeas? Or, the spaces run over by an E ’falling by its own gravity, are as the f<5 uaseSof the times? This would still run more 0ly if dressed entirely in the language or £hypothesis, thus: The ideas of the sp aC ^run over by an idea , falling by the idea o£own gravity, are as the ideas of the sq ua ^of the ideas of the times: for here allbe expressed by idea, their objects beingpossible. These are shocking to the ^degree. It is no wonder that the men ^broach this scheme, should bear a g rUto Mathematicks. They are diametric 'opposite to each other: and if there any truth in that science, this must fall- .rather we may ask universally, the p astlculars in N° 8. and 14. being also tak e ^into consideration, what philosophymen would retain j or what kind of kno^ledge would they leave to be pursued ?deed what throws us into general andbounded Scepticism, must strike at the r °°of ail science.

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