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end_n of_o his_o meditation_n pag._n 137_o of_o the_o 5._o edition_n print_v at_o amsterdam_n in_o the_o year_n 1670._o 139._o 1670._o notandum_fw-la denique_fw-la per_fw-la supersiciem_fw-la panis_fw-la aut_fw-la vini_fw-la alteriusve_fw-la corporis_fw-la non_fw-la hic_fw-la intelligi_fw-la partem_fw-la ullam_fw-la substantiae_fw-la nec_fw-la quantitatis_fw-la quantitatis_fw-la feed_v tantummodo_fw-la terminum_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la medius_fw-la esse_fw-la concipitur_fw-la inter_fw-la singulas_fw-la ejus_fw-la particulas_fw-la &_o corpora_fw-la ipsas_fw-la ambientia_fw-la quique_fw-la nullam_fw-la planè_fw-la entitatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la nisi_fw-la modalem_fw-la jam_fw-la verò_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o solo_fw-la termino_fw-la contactus_fw-la fiat_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la contactum_fw-la sentiatur_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la uno_fw-la quod_fw-la dicantur_fw-la panis_fw-la &_o vini_fw-la substantiae_fw-la in_o alicujus_fw-la alterius_fw-la 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etiam_fw-la quidquam_fw-la rationi_fw-la magis_fw-la consentancum_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la vulgo_fw-la apud_fw-la philosophos_fw-la magis_fw-la receptum_fw-la quà m_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la omnem_fw-la sensum_fw-la sed_fw-la omnem_fw-la corporis_fw-la in_o corpus_fw-la actionem_fw-la fieti_fw-la per_fw-la contactum_fw-la huncque_fw-la contactum_fw-la in_o solâ_fw-la superficie_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la vnde_fw-la sequitur_fw-la evidenter_fw-la eandem_fw-la superficiem_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la substantia_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la eâ_fw-la est_fw-la mutetur_fw-la eodem_fw-la semper_fw-la modo_fw-la agere_fw-la ac_fw-la pati_fw-la debere_fw-la quapropter_fw-la ausim_fw-la sperare_fw-la ventutum_fw-la tempus_fw-la aliquando_fw-la quo_fw-la illa_fw-la opinio_fw-la quae_fw-la ponit_fw-la accidentia_fw-la realia_fw-la realia_fw-la explodetur_fw-la &_o mea_fw-la ut_fw-la certa_fw-la &_o indubitata_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la locum_fw-la recipietur_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 139._o 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