24 That sentiment had been maintained by Dr. King, and some few
others, before Leibniz, though by none of so great fame as that
German philosopher.
25 [John Milton (1608-1674), Paradise Lost, Bk. 11. - Ed.]
26 [John Dryden (1631-1700), Aureng-Zebe, Act 4, sc. 1. - Ed.]
27 De Formatione Foetus. [Claudius Galenus (c. 130-200 CE) De
Foetuum Formatione Libelus, Bk. 6. - Ed.]
28 [Mensuration is a branch of geometry dealing with the
measurement of length, area, or volume. - Ed.]
29 It seems evident that the dispute between the Skeptics and
Dogmatists is entirely verbal, or at least regards only the
degrees of doubt and assurance which we ought to indulge with
regard to all reasoning; and such disputes are commonly, at the
bottom, verbal, and admit not of any precise determination. No
philosophical Dogmatist denies that there are difficulties both
with regard to the senses and to all science, and that these
difficulties are in a regular, logical method, absolutely
insolvable. No Skeptic denies that we lie under an absolute
necessity, notwithstanding these difficulties, of thinking, and
believing, and reasoning, with regard to all kinds of subjects,
and even of frequently assenting with confidence and security.
The only difference, then, between these sects, if they merit
that name, is, that the Sceptic, from habit, caprice, or
inclination, insists most on the difficulties; the Dogmatist, for
like reasons, on the necessity.
30 [A fasces is a bundle of rods containing a projecting ax
blade. - Ed.]
31 Lib. vi. cap. 54. [Polybius, (c. 205-123 BCE) The Histories,
Bk. 6, Ch. 54 - Ed.]
32 Iphigenia in Tauride. [Euripides, (c 480-406 BCE), Iphigenia
in Tauris, v. 1200-1205. - Ed.]