The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 118
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- esc. are thecanses ofthose effects.
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- are instirured For thepublick rood, buc those Lawes which
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 118. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0130?run=74