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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 71

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  1. Bistiope
  2. cry fine
  3. (ay bis
  4. ns 0s
  5. Spon.
  6. But
  7. ple, o
  8. in Com.
  9. Tions an
  10. HB.
  11. s
  12. action
  13. eoM
  14. orma
  15. notbi
  16. Apreli
  17. 111
  18. Hd
  19. HereIbB
  20. Ei E
  21. causes of themsolves. So 1hac rhat which in ceneral is called
  22. Spontoncous; beins apled eo Mlen and Beasts in spectal, is
  23. called Voluniary. Tet the Wil and Appecite, thongh the
  24. verus same thing; use tobe distingnised in certain occasions.
  25. For in the publigue conversarion of Men, rhere they are 10
  26. indge ofone anothers Will, andof. the recularity and irreeu
  27. lariey of one anothers actions, not every Appetire, but the last
  28. is esteeme d in the publique jndeement for the Will. Nor eve-
  29. ry action proccedine from appetice, but that ovely to rhich
  30. therehad preceded or ouche to have preceded jome deliberati-
  31. on. And ehis L Cay is so, rhenone man is to judee of anothers
  32. Will. For every man in himself, enomethtbat what he desi-
  33. reth orhath an appetite to, che same he bath a willto, thoneh
  34. his mill may be chanse d before be hath obreined his de (re. The
  35. Bistrop understandins nothins of chis, mieht is it had pleased
  36. him, have called it Tarson. Bet he had rather pict ont of it
  37. some concradictions of my sels. And therefore saith,
  38. a ZecT have no reason eo bec Hended ac ie (meanine such
  39. contradictions) tor he dealech no ocherwise wich me chanhe
  40. doeh wich himselt.
  41. Et is a contradiction, hesaith, chathavine said chat volun-
  42. cary presuprolerh deliberacion, l say in another place, chaF
  43. Whacloerer tollo echche lastapperice is voluncary, and Where
  44. chere is bue one appecire chac is chelast. Not observine that
  45. voluncarr presupposeth deliberarion, nhen thejudcement nhe-
  46. ther the action be voluntary or noc, is not in the Actor but in
  47. ihe Fndse, Who recardeth not the rillof the Actor mherethere
  48. is nothine to beaceused in the action of deliberate malive; qet
  49. lenometh that thoneh there be bat cne app. tite, the same is tru-
  50. ly Will forthetime, and che action (if ic follon) a voluntary
  51. action.
  52. This also be sairh is a concradction, that havins said, Ho
  53. action oFa man can be laid co be withove deliberarion, cho1gR
  54. never (0 susdain, i say afcermard ehat by sponcaneicy is
  55. meane inconliderace proccedins.
  56. Aeain he observes not tharthe actionof a mantbarisnot
  57. cbild, in publique judcement hom rast, inconsiderate, and sad-
  58. dain

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 71. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0083?run=74