DEDICATION

the first principles of all human knowledge original: "omnis cognitionis humanæ principia prima"; in Wolff’s philosophy, these are the fundamental, self-evident truths—such as the law of non-contradiction—from which all other certain knowledge must be deduced., which are also contained among those from which Euclid Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BCE). Wolff is arguing that the logical rules Euclid used for geometry actually stem from deeper philosophical principles that Wolff has now systematized. borrowed the evidence for his own theorems, I have gathered into a similar System, the multifaceted and perhaps unexpected usefulness of which I shall demonstrate hereafter. Therefore, this System, which contains the foundations of all science original: "scientia"; here meaning "certain knowledge" or "disciplined study" rather than just the natural sciences., and even of mathematics itself, I lay at the feet of YOUR MAJESTY with a most humble and reverent mind, so that it might honor your favorable disposition toward the sciences with this public act of devotion. May God preserve you, AUGUST KING! May He preserve