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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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appetice torhe obsect. burno deliberarion nor election, 25
the octs oFF00IS, Children, Beasts, and che inconliderate
acts oF men oF judgemene. These are called voluncary or
sponeaneous acts. Fourchly, Pome proceed trom an inerin-
secal cause, wich a more pertect knomledse of cheend, which
ore elected upon deliberacion, Thele are called tree acts.
So chen the formal realon ot liberex is election. THeneceI-
Pary requilice co election is deliberarion. Deliberation im-
plvechche actual ule ofreason. Buc deliberacion and electi-
on cannoc possibly subss, wirh an exerinsecal praedecermina-
tioneo onc. Hon Phould a man deliberace or cloose hich
Way togo, Whoknoms chac allvaves arc Mue acainsthim,
and ade impossiblecohim, buc onely cned This is the
Fermine sense ot chele ords Voluntary and Spontancons in
ehis Ouection. Thoueh ches vere rahen emeney ochermaies
vulsario or mecaptioricalir, 25 e lay spontancons ulcers.
nhere chereis no appetice ac 2Il, vecie vere nochins eochis
concrorertie, wrhich is noc aboue W ords, bucabouc Thinss:
noc Whac che Words Voluncary or Frec do or maytienihe,
buc Whecher all chines be exrrinsecally praederermined 10
Onc.
Thescerounds being laid For clearins the erue senle orthe
vords, chenext chins co bcexaminedis, thac contradicti-
On Wwhich he hath elpied inmy discourle, or hou chis Ar-
sumene Aetes aeainst his sellos. IFT (Caith Z. FI. ) make
ic appear, thac che spontaneous actions offools, Children,
mad Men and Bealts, do procced trom election and delibe-
ration, and chae inconsiderate and indeliberare actions are
Found in chewisestmen, chen chis arsumene concludes, chac
necestier and election may Atand cosether, Whichis con-
crarpeohis alterrion. Itthis conld bemade appear as cas-
lvasitis spoken, ic vould concern himself much, wbo wtien
hechould prore, char rarional men arc noctrec trom necel.
Ccy, Soes abouero provechat brure BcaAs der deliberare and
elect, chacis asmuch as tolay, arc Frec trom neceltier.
Buc ic concernis noc me ar2lI, ic is neirher my apercion, noc
my opinion, chac necesier and election may nOCmeCELOGC.
eber inche same subject, viotent, natural, spontaneons, and
deliberace