Catalogue Entry: THEM00233

Dr. Clarke's Fourth Reply

Author: Samuel Clarke

Source: A Collection of Papers, Which passed between the late Learned Mr. Leibniz, and Dr. Clarke, In the Years 1715 and 1716, Samuel Clarke (ed.) (London: 1717).

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[1] See above, Mr. Leibnitz's Second Paper, § 1.

[2] See Appendix, No. 3.

[3] See Appendix, No 4.

[4] See Appendix, No. 9, and 4.

[5] This was occasioned by a Passage in the Private Letter, wherein Mr. Leibnitz's Paper came inclosed.

[6] Deus Æternus est & Infinitus, Omnipotens & Omnisciens; id est, durat ab æterno in æternum, & adest ab infinito in infinitum; omnia regit & omnia cognoscit, quæ fiunt aut sciri possunt. Non est Æternitas vel Infinitas , sed Æternus & Infinitus; non est Duratio vel Spatium , sed durat & adest. Durat Semper, & Adest Ubique; & existendo semper & ubique, Durationem & Spatium, æternitatem & infinitatem constituit. Cùm unaquæque Spatii particula sit semper, & unumquodque Durationis indivisibile momentum Ubique; certè rerum omnium Fabricator ac Dominus, non erit nunquam nusquam. Omnipræsens est, non per Virtutem solam, sed etiam per Substantiam: Nam Virtus sine Substantiâ subsistere non potest, i. e. God is Eternal and Infinite, Omnipotent and Omniscient: That is, he endures from Everlasting to Everlasting, and is present from Infinity to Infinity: He governs all things which are, and knows all <131> things which are possible to be known. He is not Eternity or Infinity, but Eternal and Infinite. He is not Duration, or Space; but he endures, and is Present. He endures Always, and is Present every where; and, by existing always and every where, constitutes Duration and Space, Eternity and Infinity. Seeing every particle of Space is Always, and every indivisible Moment of Duration is every where; surely it cannot be said of the Maker and Lord of all Things, that he is [at no Time, and in no Place,] Never and Nowhere. He is Omnipresent, not only Virtually, but Substantially: For Power cannot subsist without a Substance. Newtoni Principia, Schol. generale sub finem.

[7] See Appendix, No 10.

[8] See above, the Note on § 10.

[9] See Appendix, No 4, and 9.

[10] See Appendix, No 11.

[11] See Appendix, No 5.

[12] See above, the Note on § 10.

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