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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 68

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  6. ped by his cools. And precedene deliberations, if chey
  7. vere Cad and serious, and proored by experience eo bcpro-
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  9. frustra ficper plura; quod fieri potest per pauciora, vec ne-
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  11. meriy acquired habiesare no lesserce, chanit the delibera-
  12. cion vere coexistene which chis parcicular action. Hc chac
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  18. becaule chey wane a particular deliberacion beforeerery in-
  19. diridualact, as because they are animalmocions, and necd
  20. no deliberation ofreason, as we sec in bruce beasts. And
  21. neverchelessche same octions, as they arc considered indi-
  22. viduallu, and invested wich cheir due circumstances, may
  23. beand ofcen are free actions subjected co che liberey oF che
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  26. rost accempes ofcholerick persons mich such acquiredhabies,
  27. ic is a sreae mistake. Thole ram acrempes are voluncaro
  28. octions, and may be facilicared lomerimes by aequired ha-
  29. bits; Buc vectoras much asactions are otcen altered and
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 68. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0080?run=74