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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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chines requissce for war, vec he may make peace, ithe will. Oe
a5 che UEns proclaimed iu che Co(Del, MacCI. 23. 4. TB. vC
prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlinssare billed, all thines
are ready, come untothemarriace. Accordins tO T. FI. His
doctrine, ehie suelts mishe have cold him, thac he Paid nOE Fru-
IV, For cheir oun willsvere noc readr. (6) And indeed itche
Will vere (as he conceires ic is) necesticaced extrinsecalIY 10
every acc oF willins, if ic had no pover eo Forbear willins whaC
ic doch will, nox eo will whac ic doch noc will, chen ifthe will
vere vancins. Comechins requitice eo che producins ofche
effect vas rantins. Buc non when science and conscience,
reason and Relision, our onn and ocher mens experience doch
ceach us, chac the will hach a dominion over ies onn aetsto
will. Or nill wichoue exerinsecal necesticarion, iF ehe pover c0
Will be presene in actu primo, decerminable by our selves, chen
chere isnonecessarr poer waneins in this respect cothe pro-
ducins ofthe efect.
Secondir, these words 10 act or not to act, to morte or not to
Horl, to pr. duce or not ro produce have reference co rhe effect noc
25 a chins irtrich is already done, or doins, buc 25 a chino cobc
donc. They imply noc che actual production buc che produci
bilicy ofche effect. Buc wten once the will hach actually con-
curred wich all ocher caules and condicions, and circumctances.
ehen che effect is no more possible, or producible, but ic is in
Deins, and actualle produced. Thustre cares auay che subject
oFchie queltion. The queltion is whecher effects producible be
free from necessier. He Murles ouc effects producible, and
chructs in cheir places effects produced, or wtrich are in the act of
production Whcretorel conclude, thac it is neither non sense
noc contradiction co Cay, chat a tree Agent, Wten all chinss re-
quitice ro produce the effect are prelene, may neverthelels noc
Produceit.
ANII