THE CONTENTS.
Reading edition
LETTER the FIRST.
Concerning the Opinions of the most eminent Authors whose Sentiments upon this Subject have been published in their Works.
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LETTER the SECOND.
Concerning the Nature of Mathematical Certainty, and the various Degrees of Moral Probability proper for Conjecture.
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LETTER the THIRD.
Concerning the Nature, Magnitude, and Motion of the Planetary Bodies round the Sun.
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LETTER the FOURTH.
Of the Nature of the heavenly Bodies continued, with the Opinions of the Antients concerning the Sun and Stars.
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LETTER the FIFTH.
Of the Order, Distance, and Multiplicity of the Stars, the
Via Lactea,
and Extent of the visible Creation.
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LETTER the SIXTH.
Of General Motion amongst the Stars, the Plurality of Systems, and Innumerability of Worlds.
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LETTER the SEVENTH.
The Hypothesis, or Theory, fully explained and demonstrated, proving the sidereal Creation to be finite.
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LETTER the EIGHTH.
Of Time and Space, with regard to the known Objects of Immensity and Duration.
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LETTER the NINTH.
Reflections, by way of
General Scolia,
of Consequences relating to the Immortality of the Soul, and concerning Infinity and Eternity.
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