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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 117

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  26. ethit.
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  28. ris the consultation that canseth a man, and necessicatethhim
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  30. aman say, that canse to be in vain, which necessitateth the
  31. effect, he cannot infer the superAnonsne(sof consultation ont
  32. of thenecessiry of the election proceedine fromit. But it seems
  33. bereasonsthus. TfI musts needs do this rather thanthot, then
  34. I Ball dothis rather than that, thonch I consult not at alt:
  35. rhichis a false proposition, a false consequence, and no better
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  37. morron, thonch I run my sel throneh mith a sword to day.
  38. Istbere be a necessity that an action sall be done, or that any
  39. effect sai bebronshe topass, il d. es not therefore follom, tbat
  40. thereis nothine nece (sarily requiredas a means tobrine it to
  41. pass. And therefore rhen it is determined, that one thine
  42. Ballbe chosen before another, tis detormined also for rhat
  43. cause it Ball be chosen, which cause for the most part is delibe-
  44. ration or consultation. And therefore consultation is not in
  45. vain, and indecd the less in vain, by hon much the electionis
  46. more n. cessitated.
  47. Fhe same ansiver is tobe siven rothe third supposed incon-
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  49. monitions arepares of consultations. The admonitor beine a
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  51. Thefourth pretended inconvenience is, tbat praise and dis-
  52. praise, remard and punistiment will be in vain. 20 wbich I.
  53. ansver, that for praise and dispraise, they depend not at all on
  54. the necessity of che action praisedor dispraised. For, What is
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  56. me, orfor somebodyelse, er for the State and C. ommonvealth.
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  59. willofthe State, that is tosay, accordiug to Lawe Does J.
  60. D. think, that no action can ol. ase me or him, or the C ommon-
  61. mealth, that souldproceed from necessitus
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 117. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0129?run=74