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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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the Willis decermined moralsy, vhen lome object is propo
sed ro ir ich perswatire reasons andargumenes co induce it
co Will. Where che decermination is nacural, che liberei
co luspend ies act is catien amar From ehe wist, DuEnOC (0
Wtere che determination isoral. In the former eale, thc
Will is decermined exerinsecally, in chelacer ease inerinsc.
cally; Theformer producech an abloluce necessey, che la
cer onely a neceltier ot supposicion. IFche W ill donoctus
Dend, bucalent, then che act is necellary; buc becouse che
Nill may saspend and noc assent, cheretore it is noc abso-
lucely necestary. In theformer case che Will ismored ne
cellarily and derermi racels; In chelacer freely and indecer
minacely. Theformer exciracion is immediare, ehe lacer
is mediaré mediante intellecta, and requires ehie help oF ehe
understandine. In a word, so greac a difference chere is
becncen natural and moral eticacr, as chere is becween lis
opinion and mine in chis duection.
There remains onely ehe last dictare ofcheunderstandins.
Wrhich he makech eo beche last cause ehae concurrecheo che
determination oEche ill, and coche necellary production
OF che act, as the last feather may be saidtobreate an Porses
bace, hen there vere somanz laidon before, that there mant-
ed but that to doit. I haresemed XVumb. 7. Chacche laA
dictace of che understandins, is noc alvaies absoluce in ic
selF, nor conclusire eocheill, and when ieis conclutire,
vec ic producechno ancecedene nox exerinsecal HeceMer;
hall ouly ad onechins more in presene, Thacby makins
chelast judsement of riehereason eobe ofno moremeighe
then a Cinsle Feather, he irones che understandins a5 Well
ashe dochehe W ills and endearonrs co deprire cheWill oF
ies sapreme pover ofapplication, and eo deprire cheunder-
standins otirs supreme pour er osjudicature and definirion.
Neicher corporeal agenes and objects, nor vec thesensitire
appecire it (elF, beine an intoriour faculer, alid aftixed co che
Orean ot the Body, hare any direet or immediace dominion
or command orer cherational NVill. Je is withoueche sphear
ofcheir actirier. Allthe acceis wtich cher hare unto che
Nill, isby ehe means of cheunderstandins. Pomerimes
Clear.