Nature Does Not Make Leaps.

Nothing Is Necessitated Whose Opposite Is Possible.

Let There Be Two Possible Things, A And B, One Of Which Is Such That It Is Necessary That It Exists, And Let Us Assume That There Is More Perfection In A Than In B. Then, At Least, We Can Explain Why A Should Exist Rather Than B And Can Foresee Which Of Them Will Exist; Indeed, This Can Be Demonstrated, That Is, Rendered Certain From The Nature Of The Thing.

There Never Is Absolute Birth Nor Complete Death, In The Strict Sense, Consisting In The Separation Of The Soul From The Body. What We Call Births Are Developments And Growths, While What We Call Deaths Are Envelopments And Diminutions.

There Is No Way In Which A Simple Substance Could Begin In The Course Of Nature, Since It Cannot Be Formed By Means Of Compounding.

The Knowledge Which We Have Acquired Ought Not To Resemble A Great Shop Without Order, And Without An Inventory; We Ought To Know What We Possess, And Be Able To Make It Serve Us In Need.