Rational Thoughts on the Powers of Human Understanding (German Logic)

Preface ###

-y original: -heit; completing the word "modesty" or "civility" from the previous page to answer, just as I have answered other
scholars in England and France
regarding their objections original: Einwürffe. I
also hope they will be just as
satisfied with me as these others have been (b). Finally, I
must also confess that, just as in the
beginning of my reflection Nachsinnes; a term for deep contemplation or philosophical inquiry on the pow-
ers of the understanding Kräfte des Verstandes; a reference to the cognitive faculties or logic, I
could not quite find my way in many things,
and in some parts had even wandered
onto detours without necessity,
Mr. von Leibniz's inge-
nious thoughts on the knowledge
of truth and concepts original: Gedancken von der Erkäntnis der Wahrheit und den Begriffen in the
Leipzig Acts original: Leipziger-Actis; referring to the Acta Eruditorum, the first scholarly journal of the German lands of the year 1684, p. 537, un-
expectedly provided me with great light,
so that I wonder why others, who
have since ventured to write
on such matters, have not [there-]

(b) Memoirs for the History of Sci-
ences and Fine Arts original: Memoires pour l' Histoire des Sciences & des beaux Arts; also known as the Journal de Trévoux. August 1711.
art. 120. p. 1407. One is grateful to
Mr. Wolff original: Mr. Wolfius for having brought back a sub-
ject that is in itself pleasant and curious, and
even more for having expressed himself
with such civility original: honnêteté.