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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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T. II.
Tum. 32. As ly. Thold that the ordinary definition of a free Asent name-
Lly that a free Asent is, that, which rh. n all thines are present.
which are necaful to produce the effect, can nevertheless not pro-
duce it, implies a contradiction, and is non snse, beine, as muchas
ro say, the canse may be lusFxiene, that is, necellary, and yer the
eff.ct not folloW.
1
7. D.
Elis las poine is buc a Corollary, or an Inference From
cheformer doctrine, chat every sufficient c ase proanceth
irs effect necessarilu, wtricti pillar beins caken awar che suver-
Structure mukt needs Falleo che ground, havins norhins leteco
SUDPOECIE. Lastly. Phold (Paich BC) vhat heis able to proove is
Somethine. So much reason, s0 much erust; bur wtac he holds
concerns himselFnoc ochers. But Whac holdshe ? Thold (Paich
hC) that the ordinary definirion of a free Acent implies a contra-
diction, and is non sense. Thac wtrich he calls ehe ordinary defini-
tion oFliberey is the rery definition which is siven by chemucti
preacer pare ot Philolophers and Schoolmen. And dochhe
Think chac alI chese spake non. sense: or had no more judomene
chaneo contradict chemselres in a definition ? Ile mighe mucti
becter suspect himselt, thancensure so manv. L et us see the
detinition ic selF: A free Agent is that, which mhen allthines
are present, that are necdsul to produce the effect, can ne vertheless
noc prodnce ir. Packnomledse che old definition ot Liberey,
wich licele variation. Buc I cannor sec this non- sense, nor dis
corer ehis conrradiction. FOr (a) in chele mords all thines need
fult, or allrhines requisire, the actual determination ot che will
is noc included. Buc by al thines necdsul er regnisite; all ne-
cellary porer cicher operatire or electire, all necellary instru-
menes and adjumenes exerinsecall and intrinsecall, and allcon-
dicions are intended. Ashe chachach pen and ink, and paper,
a Coble, a desk, and leisure the arc of vricins, and thetree use
oFhis hand, hach all chinss requisice ro vrite ifhe will, and vet
hemax Forbear, it he will. Or as he chac hach men and mons,
andarms, and munirion, and Mips, and a just cause, hach all
chinss