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GAAP. HI. 



Leibnitz* s Definitwi of S^^ce — and of Time — erroneous as to hoth^ hut 

 altogether erroneous as to Space — Abfurd Conjequenee of thefe Errors 

 — Dr Clark's Opinion concerning Space — The Confequence of the DoC" 

 tor^s Opinion is, that Space is an effcntial Property of the Di'uine Na~ 

 $ure — Unable to anfwer Mr Leibnitz's ObjeSiion to his Notion o/' Space 

 '—The Ground of the Dolor's Error — The Ground of the Error of 

 both. 



WH A T I have faid concernlng^j^:^ In the preceding chapter» 

 would, 1 am perfuaded, appear unfatisfacStory to the reader, 

 and he might perhaps think me a fupercilious contemner of modern 

 philofophy, if I (hould not examine the different notions o^ Space de- 

 livered by Dr Clarke and Mr Leibnitz, in thofe famous letters that 

 paffed betv?een them concerning the principles of natural philofo- 

 phy. 



Mr Leibnitz there afferts, ih^tjpace is nothing elfe but the order of 

 things co-exifting, as time is the order of things fucceflive. 



That time is the order of things fuccefTive, Is fo far true, that there 

 is order in time; for there isfrjl and lajl. But, it is evident that Mr 

 Leibnitz, who was not learned in Greek philofophy, did only difcover 

 a part of what had been difcovered by Ariftotle about 2000 years be- 

 fore, concerning time. And, I believe, that will be found to be the 



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