26080That the Earth may be a Planet.
Which becauſe they are taken for gran-
ted, without any proof, and are in them-
ſelves but weak and doubtſul: therefore the
concluſion (which always follows the worſer
part) cannot be ſtrong, and ſo will not need
any other anſwer.
ted, without any proof, and are in them-
ſelves but weak and doubtſul: therefore the
concluſion (which always follows the worſer
part) cannot be ſtrong, and ſo will not need
any other anſwer.
Arg.
1.
From the vileneſs of our Earth,
becauſe it conſiſts of a more ſordid and baſe
Matter than any other part of the World;
and therefore, muſt be ſcituated in the Cen-
tre, which is the worſt place, and at the
greateſt diſtance from thoſe purer incorrup-
tible Bodies, the Heavens.
becauſe it conſiſts of a more ſordid and baſe
Matter than any other part of the World;
and therefore, muſt be ſcituated in the Cen-
tre, which is the worſt place, and at the
greateſt diſtance from thoſe purer incorrup-
tible Bodies, the Heavens.
I anſwer :
This Argument does ſuppoſe
ſuch Propoſitions for Grounds, which are
not yet proved; and therefore not to be
granted. As,
ſuch Propoſitions for Grounds, which are
not yet proved; and therefore not to be
granted. As,