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dedicator_n dedicator_n despicere_fw-la unde_fw-la queo_fw-la alios_fw-la passimque_fw-la videre_fw-la errare_fw-la atque_fw-la viam_fw-la palantes_fw-la quaerere_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la lucr._n lib._n 2._o 2._o vid._n great_a be_v diana_n of_o the_o ephesian_n animus_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o supremae_fw-la &_o vulgo_fw-la philosophantibus_fw-la incognitae_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la arcanit_fw-la investigandis_fw-la validior_fw-la factus_fw-la &_o robustior_fw-la ut_fw-la physico-magicum_a nostrum_fw-la quod_fw-la mox_fw-la ex_fw-la umbrâ_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la prodibit_fw-la pellegent_n aequa_fw-la posteritas_fw-la facilè_fw-la est_fw-la judicatura_fw-la judicatura_fw-la two_o essay_n from_o oxford_n in_o the_o apology_n apology_n adu._n mathem_n p_o 317_o 318_o etc._n etc._n genevae_n 1621._o 1621._o pensees_n diverse_v à _fw-fr l'_fw-fr occasion_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr comet_n tom._n 2._o §._o clxxiv_o p._n 531._o 531._o anim._n mand._n p._n 96._o 96._o amphitheatr_n d._n providentiae_fw-la p._n 35._o 35._o vid._n blount_n translation_n of_o the_o life_n of_o apollonius_n p._n 84._o 84._o anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la in_o the_o oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 54._o 54._o amphitheatr_n p._n 151_o 334._o lugdun_fw-la 1615._o 1615._o blount_n translation_n of_o philostratus_n life_n of_o apollonius_n in_o the_o preface_n preface_n blount_n anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la in_o oracle_n of_o reason_n preâ—_n preâ—_n amphitheatr_n p._n 124._o 124._o pag._n 152._o leviathan_n p._n 208._o 208._o sextus_n empiricus_n allow_v that_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o common_a notion_n or_o idea_n of_o a_o god_n even_o when_o he_o dispuâ—es_v against_o he_o adu._n math._n p._n 333._o 333._o hob_n leviath_n p._n 11._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vid._n sext._n empiric_n adv_fw-la mathem_n p._n 164._o 164._o sext._n emp._n emp._n hobb_n leviathan_n p._n 51._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sext._n empir_n adv_fw-la maâ—â—_n p._n 17._o and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o assert_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leviath_n p._n 11_o 190._o 190._o leviath_n par._n four_o c._n 46._o p._n 374._o 374._o pag._n 190._o 190._o adu._n mathem_n p._n 333._o 333._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sext._n empir_n adv_fw-la math._n pag._n 150._o 150._o vid._n mr._n lock_n be_v essay_n of_o understanding_n p._n iu._n ch._n x._o x._o blount_n life_n of_o apollon_n p._n 19_o 19_o leviath_n p._n 338._o 338._o life_n of_o apollon_n p._n 3._o 3._o oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 158._o 158._o blount_n life_n of_o apollon_n in_o the_o preface_n and_o p._n 24._o 24._o causa_fw-la à _fw-la qua_fw-la superstitio_fw-la oritur_fw-la conservatur_fw-la &_o fovetur_fw-la metus_fw-la est_fw-la tract_n theol._n polit._n in_o praef._n praef._n si_fw-mi homines_fw-la res_fw-la omnes_fw-la svas_fw-la certo_fw-la consilio_fw-la regere_fw-la possent_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la fortuna_fw-la ipsis_fw-la prospera_fw-la semper_fw-la foret_fw-la nulla_fw-la superstitione_n tenerentur_fw-la sed_fw-la quoniam_fw-la eo_fw-la saepè_fw-la angustiarum_fw-la rediguntur_fw-la ut_fw-la consilium_fw-la nullum_fw-la ad_fw-la far_o queant_fw-la inter_fw-la spem_fw-la metumque_fw-la misere_fw-la fluctuant_fw-la ideo_fw-la animum_fw-la ut_fw-la plurimum_fw-la ad_fw-la quidvis_fw-la credendum_fw-la pronissimum_fw-la habent_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n ea_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la homines_fw-la unquam_fw-la vanâ_fw-la religione_fw-la colucrunâ—_n nihil_fw-la praeter_fw-la phantasmata_fw-la animique_fw-la tristis_fw-la &_o timidi_fw-la fuissé_fw-fr deliria_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n exit_fw-la hà c_fw-la itaque_fw-la superstitionis_fw-la causâ_fw-la sc_n metu_fw-la clarè_v sequitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la naturâ_fw-la superstitioni_fw-la esse_fw-la obnoxios_fw-la quicquid_fw-la dicant_fw-la alii_fw-la qui_fw-la putant_fw-la hoc_fw-la inde_fw-la oriri_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la mortales_fw-la confusam_fw-la quandam_fw-la numinis_fw-la idaeam_fw-la habent_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n leviath_n p._n 51._o 51._o leviath_n p._n 26._o 51._o 51._o leviath_n p._n 54._o 54._o caetera_fw-la quae_fw-la fieri_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la coeloque_fw-la tuentur_fw-la mortales_fw-la pavidis_fw-la cum_fw-la pendent_fw-la mentibu_fw-mi '_o saepè_fw-la efficiunt_fw-la animos_fw-la humiles_fw-la formidine_fw-la diuùm_fw-la depressosque_fw-la premunt_fw-la ad_fw-la