Quote: if the world was finite, man could make a machine that simulated a man

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[3] … There is no doubt that a man could … turning precisely at the corners of certain streets. … number of obstacles. And this being so, if … [e.g., Epicurus], only a combination of a finite number of atoms which … exalted as to understand and predict with certainty … ship capable of getting itself to a certain … [as felt unlikely by Bayle] … but it could also build a body capable … [p. 244] The difference, after all, is only one of degree … [4] In fact the world is not composed … composed of a truly infinite number of devices. … a yet more infinite perfection, since he encompasses …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: the world is a machine, each part of which an infinite number of devices

Quote: out of the infinity of possible worlds, God selected the one that pleased him; more infinite perfection

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