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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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causemy aim is noc onely 1o anlver Z. FT. buE aIlO rO saris
hemyFeIEs o Thoush icbe noc ursed byhim, vec Ido ac.
knomledse, chac I find lotme improver and analosical re-
mards and punistimenes esed eo Brure beasts, as the huncer
remards his dog, chemaster oF che Coy. duck Whipes her
when e reruensrictioue companu. And it ic beerue, nticti
hoassirmeth allcele before, rhac Lhare consessed, ehac ibe
actions of brute beasts are ab necesset aced and determined to that
onc thing which thez Ball de, che disticuler, is increaled.
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kinds ofactionsmhichi arc most excellent in bruce Bcals, and
makethe creacest mew ofrcason, asthe Bees morrins cheix
Hloder, dnd chespider ncarins cheir WVebbs, are vec done
wichoue any consulcation, or deliberation, by a meer in
sinctoEnature and by a decermination et their tancies eo
chele onety Binas OF WOrKS. BucI did nerer Pay, Icoula
noc lay, thac alleheir indiridualactions are neceslary, and
ancecedently determined in cheir causes, as whac dares che
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on d day and trom wtence. These actions and chelike,
chouehchey be noctrec, becalle brure beasts wane reason
co deliberate, rer they are conringene, and pheretore nOE
necellary.
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bruce creacures are decermined by tature, eo lome rare and
exguisire works; So in orhers, Where it Ands a nacuaII pro-
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