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led on answered to perceive the necessity of
them. he should be even if possible made Arrangement
to wish that such distinctions
should were be made. There should be instances
precede these distinctions which might
be refined to be establish their use.
To assert the Propositions of Geomtery an of fictitious
Entities would be too general an expression an
expression including more than ever can be Properties
general
Name.
the object of Geometry. Geometry can only hear
of those fictious Entities which jointly the could of which
each of which sometimes goes by the name
of a Property of a body, to give them the
the name of Properties seems more adequate
than the general one of fictitious Entities[+]. [+] all properties are
not the objects of Geometry
it is only such as can
be represented by
Quantity.
Quantity has or Magnitude has hitherto been
the general name, yet they would scarcely
be supposed to include Respirability of this
'tis true that Geometry cannot treat of
that till it but as being represented by certain
divisions of a Line & certain divisions of lines
one of which must coincide with a line standing
a substance which is made to contract by
in Proportion to the Respirability of Air.
it is only the number of a lignets determined by
coincidence that Geometry considers, and thus it appears[+] [+] that Quantity
may come as
a general name
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