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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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dre cruly tree cannever beneceltarr. Necessies consists in ay
Ancccedene decermination eo ove; Sponraneier consilts in a
contormies of che apperice, cicher incelsectual or senticive t0
che object; True Liberer consicts in che electire pover ol
cheracional Will; Thac whichis determined wicbouemy con-
currence, may neverthelels agree wellenoush richny tancy
Or delires, and obtein my sublequene content; BuC chac
Whichis decermined wichoue my concurrence or consene, can-
noc beche object of mine election. Imay litie chacnhichis
inerieably impoled epon me by anocher, buc it ic be ineri-
cably impoled uxonme by extrinlecal caules, it is bochfolly
For me co deliberare. and impossible Forme cochoole, whe-
cher I Challundergo ic noc. Reatonischeroot, cheFountain,
cheorisinal ot erue liberey, which judgech and revrasencect
eo che wils, whecher ehis or ehac De conveniene, Whether
thisor thac be more conveniene. Judse chen whaca preccy
kind of liberey ic is which is maincained by Z. FL. Tuch a liber-
eyas is in licele Children Detore cher have cheule otrealon,
hefore chez can conlulcor deliberace ot any chins. Is nocchis
a Childis liberey: and such a liberey as is in brure BCacts
25 Bees and Spiders, Which do noc learn cheir Faculcies a5 me
do our erades, by experience and consideration; This is a
brucistrliberer. Cuch a liberey as a Bird hach eo Aic, When hex
Winss are elipped, or coule his oun comparilon. Tuch a li-
verer as alamie man, wrho hach lost ehe ule ot his limbs
hach co walk; Is noc chis aridiculous liberer? Lacly (Which
is Worse chan aIl chele) Cucha liberty as a River haih ro des-
cend donnthe Channel; Whrac. Will he ascribe liberey co inani-
mace Creacures allo, Which have neicher realon, noc spon
caneiry, nor lo much assensirire apperire e Such is F. E. bis
liberEs.
)Eis Neccsiey is just such anocher, a necessier uxon
suppolirion, arilins trom the concourle ot allche causes, in-
cludins che last dictare oF che understandins in realonable
creatures. Theadaquare cause apd che essect  cose
eime, and wrhen all che conurrent causes are derermined, che
effect is determined allo, and is become (0 necesary, thac
icis actually in beins; Burchereis agrear difterence between
dererminins: