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A N T I E N T 



METAPHYSICS^ 



OR, THE 



SCIENCE OF UNIVERSAL Se 



W I T H A N 



APPENDIX, 



CONTAINING 



AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES 

 OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S PHILOSOPHY. 



VOLUME FIRST. 



Magni eft ingenli revocare Mentem a Senfibus, et Cogitatloncm a Confuetudinc 

 abducere. Cicer. Tu/culan, ^tae/i. Lib. i. Cap. \6. 



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