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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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ehre poer ormillins, which is inche soul. This is cercain, Finire
and participaced chinss cannoc betromchemselres, nor bepro-
duced by chemselres. Wrhac would heconclude trom hence?
Ehac cherefore che Act oF willins, cakes noc ies besinnins. From
the Faculcy oFrhe Wil :) It is ell: hat he granes finice chines
Cas for his parricipated, it signifies nothine here) cannet be pro-
duced bythenselves. For ont of el is Lcan cenclude l’at the Act of
willins is not producedby the faculrys. fmillins. Ile that bath the
faculey of willine, haththe faculey of milline somethine in parti-
cular. And at the lame time he baththe jaculry of nilline the
Same. IF therefore the faculy of rillins be ibe eau se he willeth
any ehine vhatsoever, for tle same reason thefaculiy of nilline.
Will bethe cause at the same time of nillins it, and so be Ball wilt
and nill the lame thins at thesame time, which is absurd. t
seems the Bi, Bop had forsot thas Matter and Povec are indiffe-
rent to contrary FOrms a dccurrary ACtS. Et is somenhat besides
the Mlairer chat d termineth it toa certain form; and somembat
besides ihe Pom: r. chat produceth a certain Act; and thonceitis,
that is inserced chis that be franteth, that nothins ean be produced
by +self, W ich neverthelesse he presently contradicteth, in sayins.
that, allmen unom whenactone descends, che besinninsisin-
crinsecal, and thar the Hone mooves in respect ofche Form;
and is movedin respect ofche Macier. Which is as much1o say
that the Form moveththe Mlatter, or that tbe stone movethit self,
which before hedenied. Wrhen a stone ascends, che becinnine ot
thestones motion, vas in il self, that is to fay intrinsecal, because
it is not thestones morion, tiul thesto:e becins to be moved; bur the
motion ehat cansed it tobeginro ascend, vas a precedent and ex-
trinsccal motionofrhe hand, or other engine that threm it upmard.
And so urbenit descends, thebeginnins of thestones morion is in
the stone; but neverrbelesse, t’ere is a former motin intheam
bient Body, aire or mater, that cansett it 10 descend. But be-
sause no man can sec it, most men thinte there is rone; thonch Rea
son, wpercmithche Bistop, Cas x lyine nely apon the Aytborii
os B00ks) troubleth not himself, c0. vince rhat there is.
(6) (His second Arsumeneis, ex concesis; l is out os con-
trover (y thar of voluntary Actions, the Wr il is a necessary can e
he ArsumenC maybe cuS redced. Hecellary caules pre
duce