And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples.
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And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples.
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Of what use would it be to you, sir, to become King of China on condition that you forgot what you have been? Would it not be the same as if God, at the same time he destroyed you, created a King in China?
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We live in the best of all possible worlds.
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When God works miracles, he does not do it in order to supply the wants of nature, but those of grace. Whoever thinks otherwise, must needs have a very mean notion of the wisdom and power of God.
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