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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 250, page id 1030877386:0250
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etac tie cates no notice ofir. The orher pare of mine ansiver
vas probable; Thac ic is noc alvares certain, chaectie will
doch alvas es actually follon che last dictate otche understan-
dins, chouxh ic alvares oushero Follow ic. (B) Os Which Y
Barechen chrec reasons, one was, char actions may be (o equo(
I circumstancieced, orthe case soinericare, chac reason can-
noc sire a policire sentence, buc leares che electionto liberer
er chance. Tochis he antivers noc a word. Anocher of my
reasons was, because reason doch noc weistr, nor is boundro
veioh che convenience or inconvenience of every individual
action corhe uccermost grain in the balance of erue judgemene.
The cruch ot chis reason is contessed By T. H. choush hemighe
have hadmiore aberrers inelis chan in the most pare ofhis dis-
course, thac roching is indifferene, thac a man cannor sronk
bis beord on one side. buc ic mas eicher necessarr codo ic, or
Sintul eo omic ic, From wtich confection of his. ic Follous
chac in all chose actions, Wherein reason doch nor define wtrae
is nost conreniene, chere ehe willis frec trom che decermina-
cion ot che onderttandir e, and by consequence che las fea-
cher is wancins eo break chehorles back. A chird realon WaS.
Decaule paltions and effections lomerimes prevail asainst jude
menc, as Iproored by che example or Medea and Caesar, by
cheneernels ofthe objects cothe senses, and by che ettimarion
oF a cemporal loss more chan lin. Againstchisreason, his
Whole ansver is addressed. And FrH, (C) he explainech che
Terse of che asterrion by che comparison ofche last Feacher,
Wrtrerewich he seems ro Be delixhced, seeins he ulech ic nom che
Sccond cime. But Rec him like ic ashre will, ic is improver, For
chreereasons; First, che decermination ofche judoment is no
Parc oF che Weishr, buc is che sentence ofthe crier. Theunder-
Randins eishech als Thinss, Objects, Means, Circumltances,
Convenience, Inconvenience, buc ic selFis noc weished. Se-
condly, che sensicire paltion in some exrraordinary cales, may
sire a councerteit eishe rosche object, it ic can decein or divere
reasontromthe ballance, buc ordinarily ehe MeanS. CirCUM
Ctances, and Causes concurrent thez have cheir whole weiste
trom che underscandins. 50 a5 chey do noc press che horles
back ac als uneil rea son las chem om. Thirdly, hecouceires
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