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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 12

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  1. 12
  2. able, and meindee nothins Fonourable but hat ve connt se
  3. amonest our selves; and because accusation of man is not Hlo-
  4. nourable, therefore such mordsare not tobe used concernine
  5. Cod Almiober. And for the same cause it is not lawfnl to (au
  6. that any action canbedone, Which God bath purposed sall not
  7. bedone; for it is a tohen of mant of the porver to hinderit.
  8. Therefore neither of them istobe said. thengh onc of them
  9. must necds betrue. Thus zou sec hom disputins of Ceds nature
  10. hichis incomprehensible, driveth men upon onc of these tmo
  11. Roctes. And this vasthe cause Lvas anmilline eo have my
  12. Ansvertothe Bistrops Doctrine of Liberry published.
  13. And thusmuch for comparison ofourtmo opinions with the
  14. Scriptures; Which rbether it favour more his ormine, Lle ave
  15. 1obe inde ed by the Reader. Andnom Tcome to compare them
  16. acain by the Inconveniences hich may be thought to follom
  17. them.
  18. First, the Bistrop sares, that this very persmasion, that alt
  19. thines comero passe by NCccMy, is able to overthrom al So-
  20. cieties and (ommon vealths intheworid. The Laves saitb
  21. he are uniast hich prohibit that whicha man cannot possibly
  22. Munne.
  23. Secondiy, that it maleth supersnons and foolist ait C onsul-
  24. rations, Aris, Armes, B00s, Instruments. Leachers, and
  25. Mledicines, and which is morst, Piety and all other Actsof
  26. Devotion. For is the Fvent be necesary; it will cometo pass.
  27. wrhatsoever e do, and whether ve secp or mate.
  28. This inference, if there vere not as mell a necessity ot the
  29. means as there is ofthe event, micht be alloved fer true. But
  30. accordine to my opinion borhthe event and means are equallu
  31. necessitared. Bur supposixs the inference true, it makees as much
  32. acainst him thatdenies, as acainst him chat holds this necessi-
  33. Er. For Tbelieve the Bistrop holdsfor as certain a truth, W haE
  34. aII BC, CalI DC, as Whac is, is, or Whac has Becn, has Decr.
  35. And thenthe ratiocination of the sicke man, IEL MalL reCOVer
  36. Whaeneed I chis un Cavoury pocion; iF PPaIL nOE recOver WhaE
  37. hood willic dome, is a cood ratiocination. But the Bistrop
  38. holds, thatit is necessary be sall recover or not recover. Zhere-
  39. fore it follomes from an opinion of the BisAopS, es vell as from
  40. mino

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 12. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0024?run=74