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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 38

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  1. (38)
  2. Fle hath very liile reason eo say tbis. Ie requested me toret
  3. him my oxinion in roricins concernine Frec- Will. Wrhich Ldid
  4. anddid let h.m lenom a manvas Free in those ebines that ivere
  5. in his porver, to tollon his Will; bat chat hemas not Free to
  6. Nii, ehat is, that hes miil dia not follon his will, which)
  7. expressed in these moras, che Mneltionis, Whecherche will to
  8. vorice, or the willeo torbear. comcupon amanaccordine eo
  9. his Will, or accordins ca any ching elle in his oun poiver.
  10. Fle that canxot understand the difference betmeen Free eo doit
  11. he wiil, andEree eo WIII, is not fir (as Phave (aid inthe Statine
  12. of ihe Duestion), tobear this (ontroversie disputed, much le (5
  13. +obea rriter in it. Hlis consequence, it a man DC HOEFrCC 1O
  14. Wwill, he is noc a Free, nor a Voluncary asene, and his say-
  15. ins che Frcedome ot the Agenis From che Frcedome ot thC
  16. Wil, isput here withont proot; nor is there any considerable
  17. proos of it thronchchehole B00 lereafcer offered. For hy:
  18. he never before had heard (Y believe) of any distinction be-
  19. emcen Frectodo and Frectowill, mhich mates hin at(o say
  20. itche Will hore noc porver orer ic (clF, che AgenE isnomore
  21. Erec, chana Scaft in a mans hand. As if it mere noc Freedome
  22. enonch for a man eo dotrae he will, aless his Will allo
  23. have poner over his WVill, and thatbis NIII be not the pover
  24. et self, but must have another poiver within it tode alt volun-
  25. taryacts.
  26. EIF ic Be precilely and ineritably decermined in aII occur-
  27. rences Whacloerer, Whraca man Mall WV ill, and whac heMalI
  28. noc WilI, and wrhache Ball vrice, and whrac he Mallnoc
  29. errice, ionhac purpose is chis PoWer, ec.
  30. Ir is tothis purpose, that allthose thines may be broneht to
  31. passe, whicb Cod hath from Fterniti prederermined. It is
  32. rherefore tono purpose hereto say, that God and Nature hath
  33. made norhine in vain. But sec mhat meale Arguments, he
  34. bringsnext, Which ibonch ansmered intbat whichis eone be-
  35. fore, yet is Tansmer nocacain, he will say chey are t0o hot for
  36. my fincers. One is, Itche Rgene DC decermineo whae he
  37. strail WVill, and Whiac heCall Aa, Thenheisno more Firee
  38. to Rathanhe is ro WilI; as if the ill beins neceffitated, the
  39. doinsof Whacne Willmerenot Liberes. Another is. IF a
  40. MaN

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 38. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0050?run=74