THE SWEDENBORG ASSOCIATION,

ESTABLISHED

original: "INSTITUTED"

FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE SPREAD OF ALL LITERATURE

original: "DIFFUSION"

WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO

original: "TEND TO"

THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF SCIENCE,

AND THEREFORE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRINTING AND PUBLISHING

original: "HENCE"

THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF

EMANUEL SWEDENBORG,

THIS HUMBLE ATTEMPT AT A TRANSLATION OF

THE PRINCIPIA,

original: "The Principia" (Latin: Principia Rerum Naturalium), meaning "The Principles of Natural Things." Originally published in 1734, it is Swedenborg's major work on the physical origin of the universe.

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY

original: "INSCRIBED"

THE TRANSLATOR.