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the different natures of them more fully, under two 

 different propositions. 



Mathematical Certain- Moral Certainty. 



As in this proposition, As in this proposition, 

 The three angles of a There is a Go-.l. 

 right-lined triangle are 

 equal to two right ones. 



1. Here there Is the 

 utmost degree of mathe- 

 matical certainty : the 

 evidence is infallible, and 

 the consequence follows 

 by a natural necessity. 



2. The demonstrative 

 evidence of this, when 

 understood, compels and 

 extorts assent. 



3. In this point of 

 knowledge, no concur- 

 rence of the will is re 

 quisite. The intellect 

 assents without it, and 

 no prejudice or passion 

 can so interpose, as to 

 influence its judgment. 



1. Here there is the 

 utmost degree of moral 

 certainty : the evidence is 

 indubitable, and the con- 

 sequence follows by a 

 moral necessity 



2. The moral evidence 

 of this, when understood, 

 demands and requires 

 assent. 



3 In this point of 

 knowledge, the concur- 

 rence of the will is re- 

 quisite. The intellect 

 cannot assent without it. 

 Any prejudice or passion 

 may so interpose, a,s en- 

 tirely to alter its judg- 

 ment. 



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