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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 47

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  3. jons; a
  4. isnorm
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  7. plcir omn
  8. Ant
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  20. phat b0
  21. Ontra-
  22. ication
  23. sence it
  24. of beins
  25. etendins
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  27. .mabins
  28. fer iherea
  29. pose mtas
  30. chede
  31. hevil
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  37. iste
  38. sienisie distinction Lconstanily deng. It is net enonch for a dis-
  39. rinction eo beforked, it oneht to sienise a distinEt concept. on. TherE
  40. is great difference betmeen luade distinctions and clovenfect.
  41. Teisstranse 10 lec mich whrac contidence no adaz es par-
  42. cicularmen lishe allche Schoolmen, and Philolophers, and
  43. Clasck Auchors ofFormer agCs, ecc.
  44. This mord parricular m. n is put here in my opiniom mithlit-
  45. rle jadeement, especially by aman thac pretendeth to be learned.
  46. Doesthe Bicoprhine thathehimself is, or that there is any
  47. 2niversal man ?. It may behemeans aprivate man. Doesho
  48. then thinte ehere is any man net private, besides himthatis in-
  49. dued mith Soveraien porver: But it is most libely he callsme a
  50. particular man, because Thavenot lad ebe authoricy he hac
  51. had torcach nhat doctrine Y thinte fir. But nom, Pam no more
  52. Particular thanhe; and may withas 200d a crace despise the
  53. Schoolmex, andsome ofthe old Philosophers, as he can despise me,
  54. antesshe can semthat it is more likely chat he Bould bebetter
  55. able to looke into these Dnestions sufficintly, Which require me-
  56. dicasion and reflectionrpon a mans oron thouches, hethat hath
  57. been obliged most ofhistime es preach antothe people, and tothat
  58. end toread thosc Anthors that ean best furniss him mith rbat he
  59. has eo say, and rostrdu for therhetorick os bis expressions, and
  60. ofthespare time (mhichro a e00d Pastor is very litile) hath
  61. spent no licle part in sectins preferment, andencrensine of ricb-
  62. es; than lthathave done almost nochine etse, nor have had
  63. much else to do but 1o meditare uponthis and other nacur al 0) ne-
  64. stions. Tttroubles him much that Lstile Sch0ol. learning Tarson.
  65. Ldo not Call at SchooL. Learnine 50, but such as is so, that is that
  66. meh chey say in defendine ofunernths, and espccially in the main-
  67. cenanceof Frec. will: when they eale of liberey of Lsercile, Spe-
  68. cificarion, Contraricer. Contradiction, AetsElicice and Ex
  69. ercire, and thelibe; Wbich thonch he 50 over acain in this
  70. place, endeavourine toexplain them; are stil bothhere and there
  71. but Parson, or that (ifhe like it berter) whichthe Scripture
  72. inthe first Chaoscalleth Tohu and Botu.
  73. But because he tates it se hainonsty, that a private man
  74. Bould soharaly censure School. Divinity: Lmould be elad 10
  75. nom mith hat patience he can hear Marein Lucher, and Phillir
  76. Melan.

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 47. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0059?run=74