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Rational

Thoughts

on

GOD,

the World

and the

SOUL

of Man,

Also of all things in general, This refers to Ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of "being" and "existence" in the most general sense.

Shared with the Lovers of Truth

Christian Wolff,

Professor Publicus Ordinarius

original: "Profr. Publ. Ord." This title indicates he was a tenured, full professor who held public lectures.

of Mathematics and Philosophy in Halle,

Member of the Royal Prussian as well as the Royal Great-British

Society of Sciences.

HALLE in the territory of Magdeburg,

In the Renger Bookstore, 1720.

S. Likely a shelfmark or signature mark added by a later librarian or collector.