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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 29

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  31. neobs.
  32. Rry that he sall have ihe will 1o do it, ihe action is veccssarity 10
  33. follorr; and is therebea necessity, that he sall have the rill
  34. toforbear, theforbearine also will be necessary. The dnesti-
  35. on cherefore is not, Whetber a manbe a free Acent, that 15 10
  36. Pay, Whether he can vrite orforbear, speate orbe silent, accord-
  37. ins tohis will; but hether the miscorriie, and the rill to for-
  38. bear, come npon him accordins to his mill, or accordine to any
  39. thins etse inbisomnporver. Lacbnomledsethis libertr. That L
  40. cando if L mitt, but to say Tean Willis L wilb, F take to be an
  41. absurd specch. Iherefore L cannot prant him the cause upon
  42. ihis Preface.
  43. +. D.
  44. Acitus spealis oE a close kind ot advertaries, Wwhieh ever-
  45. Lmorebegin wich amanis praise. The Crisis or cheCata
  46. Arophe ot cheir discourse is Wrhen ches come ro cheir BUE; AS
  47. heisa goodnacured man, but hehach a nausher qualicy; Or
  48. heis a wiseman, but he hach commitced one ot che oreatelt
  49. Follies; Se here the Praeface is an handsome one, but it appears
  50. eveninthis, that behath mistaten the Question. This is eo
  51. sire an Tneh, chac onemay cake away an FIl wichoue Inspici-
  52. on; co praile chehandlomenels oF the Porch, chac he mav
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  54. miltallen cherection, l reter ro che judicious Reader. (
  55. Thus much L Wwill maineain, thac ehac is nO true neceMC,
  56. Wrhich hecalls necestier. Bor thae liberey Which he calIs li
  57. berey; nor thac che Ouection, Wrhich he makes ehe Orection.
  58. Fircttor liberer, chac which he calls liberey, is no crue li
  59. Derry.
  60. For che clearing Whereotic behoorethus cotnon thedif-
  61. terence becween chele chrec. Necessitus. Spontaneity, and
  62. Liberer.
  63. Accessiey and Spontanciey may lomerimes meet tosether:
  64. Pomay spontanciey and Liberey; Duc reallnecesey and erueli-
  65. berey can nerer meer rosechior. Some chines are necellarr and
  66. noc voluncary or spontaneous. Come chinos arc both necellary
  67. and roluneary. lome chines are voluncary and noc trecz tome
  68. thingsare boch voluncary and trec: Bue chole thines whieta
  69. are cruly necessary can nerer betree, and thole chines whicti
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 29. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0041?run=74