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Now, of infinity there is no fcience nor comprehenfion *. Our fcep- 

 tics, therefore, when they demand a proof of axioms, inftead of fhow- 

 ing their genius or learning, fhow only their ignorance, according to 

 Ariftotle's judgment f' 



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* This is the reafon that Ariftotle gires why there cannot be a demonftration of 



every thing. *OA*f ^ev yx^ uvxtruv ulvvtcrdv aTTi^ei^tv avxtf Hf xTiti^ov yx^ xv fix't^t•^* 

 *M(rTt fiTiil' cvrui nvHt xTtia^iv.. Metaph. lib^ 4. cap. 4. hi initio, 



\ Eo-T/ yxg xTTtti^ive-ix r« fCTi yirvKtiv rivav hi ^»jTe»» XTroht^iv^ xut niuv tv ttr For it is ig» 



norance, and want efinfiru&ion, not to know of ivhat to require demonftrati$ni and of 

 •what net. Ibid. 



