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29 Sept. 1814

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Relation as between Cause and Effect -Entities appertaining to it

In the idea of causation in the idea of the relation as between cause and effect - in the idea of the operation or state of things by which that relation is produced in which that relation takes its rise, the idea of motion is inseparably involved: take away motion no causation can have place - no result no effect - no any thing be produced.

In the idea of motion the idea of a moving body is with equal necessity implied.

Among /Of/ the cases in which the existence of motion - relative motion - is reported to us by our senses, there are some in which the commencement of the motion is, others in which it is not, manifest to our senses.

Among /Of/ those in which it is manifest to sense, in some instances it is

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