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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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stand as he conceroos, exc. No rational man doth conceive a
spontancons action and an indeliberare Action eo be all one;
Prery indeliberare Action is nOE spontaneons, 6. NOr every
Spontancons Action indeliberate.) This TC et by striotme tomate
sense of that wbieh he strives tomate non-sense. L never thoneht
the mord spontaneit; P. nelist. Tet becanse hensed it, L made such
meanins of it as it trould bear, and said ic meane inconsiderare
proccedins or nochins. And for this my toomuch officionsnesse
Ir. ceive the remard of bcins thonghe by him noc tobe a rati nal
man. L knom that in the Lacir e os al Authors but Sch0ol- men.
Actio sponcanea scorifies that Action, hereos there is no ap
pa ent cause derived furtber thnfromthe AGent it sels, and is in
all thines that have sense, the same mith voluncary mbether deli-
bera ed or nor d liberated. And therefore rhere h. distinguisted it
from voluntary. Lthonshe he miche mean indeliberare; buc let it
signifre nhat it Will, provided it beincellisible, it mould make
acainst him.
(d) (Neither doch deliberation propertr signisre the consi-
derine of the c00d und evil sequells, of an action cocome; buE che
considerins whecher this be n good and sc means, or che bett,
and ficcest means for obeainins such an end) IFthe BI F ops
VorQs proceeded not fromhearins and readi e of ochers, but from
his omn clouches, he sonld never have reprebende d chis Definition
of Deliberation esrecialiy in de manner he dethit; for hesaysit
i ie consinerins rhether this or that be a e00d and fit means, for
obrainine such an end; as if considerine whectier a means be eood
Or not W. re net all one vich considerins whether the se que los usins
those means b. e00d or cvil.
(e) (Much lesse doch any man conceive wichZ. FI. chaC
deliberation is an Aet oj Fancie, NOE OFReaION, COIIONEO
men oidilererion wich madien, nacural F0ols, childeen, and
biuce Beas.) Ido indeed conceive that d liberarion is an Aet of
Imasination or F. neie, nay more, thac Reasoe and Underctan.
Ct5 also, are Acts of the Lmaginarion, that is tosay, they are
ImasiraEIOnS. L find it se by considerine my orr Ratiorination;
and he mishe find it soinhis, is he did conside: his own bonchis,
and nt secat as he decsby rote; by rote  Cay Wohen le disputes;
pot by rote, hen he is abont chose trists, he calethbusinesses; then
rhen