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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 59

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  32. encared mith him in a dispute of this kind. There is nothine
  33. chatche simplest Connery Man conld jay so absurdiy concernine
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  35. understandins isnoc alivaies practice practicum. AConM
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  37. as soon say the indeement ofthe judrement, as the judeement of
  38. the understandine. And is practice peacticum hadbeen sense,
  39. he mighe have made a sise to put it into Enelist. Muchmore
  40. follometh of this staff.
  41. b Latiy, Whereas he Caict, that the nature of Electi-
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  49. contempt of metaphysical rriters, and a desire to reduce into
  50. frame the Cearnine which they have consounded and disor-
  51. dered.
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  55. fancies L mighe say, are necessitated and determined toone: be-
  56. fore these his proofsont of Scripenre he desires 10 prevent that in-
  57. stance; andiberefore sages, that the actins of chilaren, fooles,
  58. mad. men, and beasts are indecd determined, bisi that they pro-
  59. ceed not froni election, nor from free; but from spontancons
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 59. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0071?run=74