The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 72
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- dain soever it be, is to be taben for deliberation, because it is
- supposed, heonchr rohave considered and compared his intend-
- ed action with the Lam; ihen nevertheless that suddain and
- indeliberate action mas truly voluntary.
- Another contraduction which he finds istbis, that havine
- undertahen toproove chac Chiidren betore chey have che ule
- ot realon do deliberare and elect, I say by andby afcer a
- Child may be lorouns as +o do wtrac he doch wichour all deli-
- Deration. Ipet sec no contradictionbere; for a Child may
- besoyonns asthatrhe appetite rbereof is its first appecite, but
- aftermard and ofien before ic come to have theuse of reason
- may eleEt one thine and retuse another, and consider ibe conse-
- quences of what it is abont to do. And why not as weas Beasts,
- Which never bave theuse of rea(on d for ther deliberate as
- mendo. For thonghmen and beasts do differ in many things
- verymuch, get chey differ not in the nature of their delibera-
- tion. A man can reckon by mords of generat signification.
- male propositions, and syllocismes, aud compute in numbers,
- maenitudes, proportions, and othen thines computable; rhieh
- beine donc by ihe advantase of languase; and merds of general
- Conifications, abcast thac hath vot languase oannot do, nor a
- man that hathlanenare, is hemisplace Et. C mords, tbat are
- hisconnters. Fromhence totheendof this Number, he dis-
- coursethacain of Spontancier, and hor it is in Children, mad
- Men and Beasts; Wbich as Ybetore resolved F Will not mea-
- ale mith; let the Reader thinte and judee os it as he plea-
- seth.
- Fcondly, 2 cheyWhomighe hare done, aud moy doma-
- ny chines which chey leare undone; And chey wholcare
- undone many chines Wwhieh cher mishe do, are neirher com-
- Delled nornecsicated eo do Wtiac chepdo, buc have crue li-
- Derer. Bac we mishe do many chings wtrich Wve donoc, ond
- We do many chines which wemishe leare undone, as is plain,
- FKInS. 3. TT. Because thon hast astedthis thine; and hast
- notasted sor thy setflone lise, neither hast asteed riches for
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 72. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0084?run=74