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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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dees it spontaneo (ly; End when the Spider males his mebb, he
does it spontanconsty, and nt by election. Fhonch L never
meant ta oround auy ansver upen the experience of what chil
dren foels, mad men, and beasts do yet that rour Lordshio
may underst and wbat can be meant by spontancous; and hom it
differs from voluntarr. Twill ansiver that distinction and Ben.
thac it fichreth acainst ils fello Areuments. Tour Lorastii
rherefore is to consider. that al voluntary actistes, mhere the
ibine that induccihthe willisnet fear, are calledalso sponta
neou, and saidro be dune by a mans omn accord. As nten a
man siveth mones voluntarily co another for Merchandise, er
outuf affection, he is said te de it of his omn accord, nhicb in
Latinis Sponce, and th. reforethe action is spontaneon. Thouch
to eive ones moner millins lyto a thecfto avoid billine, or throm
it intothe s’ea to avoid dronnins. where the motiveis fear, be
pot called spontaneons. But every spontaneons action is not
therefore volumary, for voluntary presapposes some precedent
deliberarion, that is to say. Come consideration and meditation
of uhat is litelyte follom. both upenthe doins and abstainine
fromthe action deliberated of, mhereas many actions are done
ofour oun accord, and betherefore spontancons; of hicb ne-
verrheless, ashethintes, me never consulted, nor deliberated
inour selves, at mhonmakine ne question, nox any the least
doubt in the morid, bul that rbe thine meare about is seod, ne
cat ex walke, or in anger Arike or revile, which he thintes
Sponnancons, but not voluntary nor elective actions. And mith
such kind of actions he sayes necessitation may stand, but not
ith such asare voluntary, and proceed upon election and deli-
beration Nom if  mate it appear to ron, rhat even tbese acti-
ons hich hesares procced frem spontaneity, and hich he aseribes
onetys to fooles, childrex, mad mex, and beasts, procced
from deliberation andelection, and rhat actions inconsiderato.
raß and spentaneons are ordinarily fonnd in those that are by
them (elves andmany more, thouche as nise or wiser than ordi-
narymen are. Then his Arrument conclndeth, that necessity
andelection mas stand regether, which is contrary torhat wbich
heintendech by all therest of his Arguments to proove. And
Erst pour Lorastips omn experience farnistes jen with preof e
nonsh