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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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errours alloinchis section. ASchis, ChaEnOaCIONS PrO
cecdinstromtear are spontaneous. Hc who chroves liis
Soodsinco che sea, co aroid dromnins doch ienoc oncly
spontaneonsty buc even frcely. be ehac wills che end, wils che
means conducins co char nd. le is true chac it che action
De considered nakediy wichoue aIL circumstances, no man
willinglr or sponeaneousy casts bis go0ds inco che SCa. BuE
it we catie che actionas in chis parcicular cale inrected wicti
allehecircumstances, ane inorder cothe end, chacis, che
Parins ot his omn lite, ic is noc onely roluncary and sponta.
neous, buc electire and chosen by him, as chemostoroba
ble means for his oun preserracion A5 chere is an AnEC-
cedenc and a subsequene will, lo chereis an ancecedene and
a subsequene sponcaneicy: His Grammatical arguent.
oroundedupon che deriracion oE spontaneous From spontes
weistis nochins; ve have learned in cherudiments oF 70.
Biek chac conjusates are Comerimes in name onely, and nOE
indeed. He who casts his goods inco che sea, mav do ic ot
his omn accord in order cocheend. Secondiy, heerresin
chis alto, thac nochinsis oppoled eo spontaneieu buc onelv
Ecar. Inrincible and Ancecedene ignorance doch destroy
chenature oF sponcaneiry or voluncarivess, by remorine
ehac lnomledse which should and vould hare prohibiced
theaction. A5a man chinkins eo ooc a wild Bcast in a
Bustr. Mooes his Friend, whichit hehad knoun, hevould
nochare MOT. This man did noc tillhis Friend ot his onn
accord.
For checlearer onderstandins oEchese chinss, and co knON
Whac sponcancieris, lecus consule a mhile wichthe Schools
aboue the distinct order ofroluneary or involuncary actions.
Some acsprocced wholly trom an exerinsecal cause; asthe
chromine ot aAtone upwards, arape, or the dramins ota
Christion by plaintorcerorhe Idols Pemple, cheleare cal-
led riolene aets. Sccondly, lorne proceed Erom an inerinse.
cal cause, buc withour any manner of knomledse ot che end,
asthe Fallins ot a Atone downwards, chese are called natu-
cal acts. Thirdly, lome procced Erom an internal principle,
wich an imperteet unomledee ot che end, Where chereis an
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