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Rh XLVII. Upon the whole it appears that the Celerities are dimied, and intead thereof Areas and Ordinates are introduced. But however expedient uch Analogies or uch Expreions may be found for facilitating the modern Quadratures, yet we hall not find any light given us thereby into the original real nature of Fluxions; or that we are enabled to frame from thence jut Ideas of Fluxions conidered in themelves. In all this the general ultimate drift of the Author is very clear, but his Principles are obcure. But perhaps thoe Theories of the great Author are not minutely conidered or canvaed by his Diciples; who eem eager, as was before hinted, rather to operate than to know, rather to apply his Rules and his Forms, than to undertand his Principles and enter into his Notions. It is nevertheles certain, that in order to follow him in his Quadratures, they mut find Fluents from Fluxions; and in order to this, they mut know to find Fluxions from Fluents; and in order to find Fluxions, they mut firt know what Fluxions are. Otherwie they proceed without Clearnes and without Rh