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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 290, page id 1030877386:0290
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(290)
Coon dran Wacer out oFa pumice, as dram any such concluton
out ofchele premisses. Secondly, For his rabine a beginnine.
Fichier he understands a b cinning ef beine. Or a becinnin of
Workins and actine. IFhe understand a beginnins ofbeins. He
Saicli most cruv, chac nochins hach a beginnins oF beins in cime
From ic selF, Buc chis is nochius co his purpose. The quection is
noc becveen us Whecher che soul otman, or the will of man be
eternal, Buc if he understand a becinnine of wortine or moo-
vi sactnaliu, ic is a gross errour. AII men know chac when a
Aone descends, or Fire ascends, or when water, chachach been
heaced recurns eo iis former cemper, ehe beginninz or reason
is incrinsecal, and one and chelame chins doch moore andis
moored in a diverse respect. Ir moores in respect ofcheform,
and ic is moored in respece ofchematcer. Much more man.
utro hach a persece knomledse and prenorion otcheend, is
most proverty said ro moore himself. Vec Ido noc deny DuE
chac chere are ocher Leginninss ofhumare actions, which do
corcur ich che ill. some ouea. d. as che Arst cause by general
infuence, Which is ererriore requisice, Anssels or men by per-
siradins, evill spirirs by remprins, che obicec or end by its ap
Decibilicy, ehie understandins by directirs Sopactions and
acquired habirs. Buc P deny chac any oFchele do neceMitare or
can necellicare che ill ot man by decerminins ic Phylically eo
one, excepe Cod alone, who doch ic rarely in extraordinary
cales. And wtiere chere is no ancecedent decerminarion to
one, chere is no absolure necellicr bur true Liberry.
(6) His second arsumene is ex corcessis, lt is ont of controverse
(Paich hc) etat of voluntary actions the millis anccessary canse.
Thearsumene may bethus reduced. Necellary causes produce
necellary effeces, bur the Will is a necessary cause oF volunrary
actions. Imistir deny. liis major; Necestarr caules do noc al-
vraves produce necellary effecrs excepe chey be allo necessarilu
produ ed es Thave Beved Betore in che burnins ot Protacoras
tis b0oh. Buc lansiver cleeriu coche minor, chac the williS nOL
a necessary cause oF vihac ic wills in parcicular acrions IEis
Wichour comrover, e indeed, For ic is wichoue alt probabilier.
Thac ic wills When ic wills, is necessary, huc enac ic nills chis or
hac, non or chen, isfree. More expresly, che aec ofche vist
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