Euclides metaphysicus, sive, De principiis sapientiæ stoecheidea E. / Authore Thoma Anglo ex albiis east - saxonum.

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Euclides metaphysicus, sive, De principiis sapientiæ stoecheidea E. / Authore Thoma Anglo ex albiis east - saxonum.
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White, Thomas, 1593-1676.
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Londini :: Typis J.M. impensis Jo. Martin, Ja. Allestry, & Tho. Dieas ...,
1658.
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Metaphysics.
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Prop. VII.
In omni ente corporeo divisibilis est ratio suppositi à naturâ.

a 1.1 CUm enim suppositum di∣camus Rem naturae, Na∣turam autem Rem, quatenus explicatur per definitionem; evidens autem sit determina∣tiones, quae cum ordine & in∣divisibilitate quadam integrant definitionem, esse praeterea considerabiles in ipsâ re, &

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singulatim & collectivè abstra∣hendo à connexione & ordine, consequens est, notionem sup∣positi aliam esse & plus inclu∣dere quam notio naturae com∣prehendat formaliter. Ulteriùs, b 1.2 cùm Elementa non sint con∣tinuè multiplicata, sicut gradus raritatis & densitatis, clarum est, plures gradus raritatis & densitatis successivè in eodem elemento reperiri, quorū varie∣tas cùm non possit ad essentiae rationem, quae est indivisibilis, nisi materialiter pertinere, va∣riatio eorum sic variat supposi∣tum, ut non tangat naturam seu essentiae rationem. Quare necesse est realem divisibili∣tatem esse inter suppositum & naturam in Elementis. Et cùm mutatio rari & densi, quae non variat elementi ratio∣nem si intercidat primò-mixto,

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non variet ipsius rationem, ut quae ex elementis, quae manent eadem, sit composita, ex pri∣mò-mixtis verò sint compositae similares partes Animalium; conficitur, in omnibus cor∣poribus variationem con∣tingere in supposito & non in naturâ, &, per consequens, Me∣taphysicè & reipsâ divisibilita∣tem inter suppositum & Natu∣ram intervenire.

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