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express_v in_o a_o letter_n he_o write_v to_o cartesius_n after_o his_o return_n page_n 242_o he_o be_v much_o perplex_v by_o the_o ingenious_a peripatetic_n page_n 243_o the_o ordinary_a argument_n against_o cartesius_n his_o system_n propose_v and_o refute_v page_n 244_o the_o author_n sometime_o side_n with_o cartesius_n to_o refute_v he_o more_o easy_o page_n 246_o motion_n of_o matter_n seem_v not_o impossible_a in_o the_o cartesian_a system_n page_n 248_o a_o new_a method_n of_o prove_v it_o possible_a page_n 250_o other_o difficulty_n draw_v from_o cartesius_n his_o own_o principle_n propose_v by_o the_o peripatetic_n to_o the_o author_n who_o solution_n he_o desire_v of_o cartesius_n page_n 259_o the_o first_o argument_n that_o by_o the_o principle_n of_o cartesius_n the_o sun_n and_o star_n may_v be_v prove_v opaque_fw-la body_n as_o be_v the_o planet_n of_o the_o earth_n page_n 260_o argument_n 2._o that_o by_o cartesius_n his_o principle_n we_o can_v not_o see_v the_o star_n nor_o the_o sun_n itself_o page_n 265_o argument_n 3._o that_o cartesius_n his_o principle_n suppose_v it_o be_v impossible_a for_o the_o earth_n to_o have_v a_o particular_a vortex_n in_o the_o great_a vortex_n of_o the_o sun_n page_n 276_o the_o consequence_n of_o the_o precede_a demonstration_n in_o astronomy_n and_o physics_n the_o moon_n can_v no_o long_o turn_v about_o the_o earth_n nor_o the_o satellite_n of_o jupiter_n about_o he_o page_n 287_o heavy_a body_n will_v not_o descend_v to_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o will_v fall_v towards_o the_o sun_n ibid._n there_o will_v be_v no_o flux_n or_o reflux_n of_o the_o sea_n page_n 289_o the_o general_a principle_n of_o all_o the_o physical_a effect_n of_o the_o low_a world_n quite_o over-turned_n page_n 291_o cartesius_n his_o inconstancy_n concern_v the_o property_n of_o his_o element_n page_n 293_o the_o physical_a argument_n that_o be_v weak_a against_o copernicus_n touch_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v strong_a against_o the_o cartesian_o page_n 294_o proposition_n of_o very_a great_a importance_n in_o physics_n advance_v without_o proof_n and_o suppose_v against_o all_o reason_n by_o cartesius_n page_n 296_o the_o author_n importune_v cartesius_n to_o send_v he_o the_o solution_n of_o all_o these_o difficulty_n page_n 297_o the_o end_n