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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 119

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The machine reads it as

  1. drtt
  2. C1t
  3. a
  4. Mec.
  5. res al
  6. (219)
  7. wiII oF man, and chereason ic selFisetus determined. And
  8. cheretore whacloerer Laues do preseribe any chins to be
  9. done, whichis noc done, or to belefcundone whichis donc,
  10. do preleribe absoluce impossibilicies, and punistimen FOr
  11. noc doine ot impossibilicies. In aIl his ansiver chereis noE
  12. one mord eo ehis Arsumene, buc onely eo che conclution.
  13. HePaich, chat not the necessiy. but ihe mill to breate the Lam
  14. makesthe action uniust. L ask Whac mates ehe wiil eo break
  15. che Lam, is ic nochis necesser. Whac sees heby chis: A
  16. perrerse will causech injustice, and necestier causeth a per-
  17. verse wilt. HeCaich, ehe Lam recardeth the will, but Rot the
  18. precedent canses of action. T0 Wtrac proposition, eo Wtrac
  19. ceaem is chis ansver ? he neicher denies; nor distinguim.
  20. eth. First, ehe Omectionhere is normhac mates actionsto
  21. beuniust, bue whac makes Lawes eobe unjult. Sohis ans-
  22. everis impertinene. Tcis likemise untrue, For First, chae
  23. Willuhich che Lam regards; is noc such a will a5T. FI. im2-
  24. sinech. Teisa Free will, noc a determined, necessicated
  25. will; e racional will, noc a brucistr will. Sccondly, che
  26. Lar doch look upon precedene causes as well as therolun-
  27. cariness ofehe action. IFa child Betore hebe seren years
  28. old, or hare cheule oF reason, in lome childist quarreI
  29. do willinolv sabanocher, Whereot we harescen experience,
  30. vec che Lam looks nocupon ic as an act ofmurcher, becaule
  31. cheremanced a pover co deliberare, and consequencly erve
  32. liberer. Man. Roustcer may be as voluneary as mureher.
  33. and commonly more roluncary. because beins done in hoc
  34. hlood, chereisthelessreluctation, vec che Lam considers,
  35. thacche Former is done oue oflome sudden passion wirhoue
  36. Serious deliberation, and ehe octer oue or prepensed malice,
  37. and desire ofrerense, and cheretore condemns murther a5
  38. more wiltul and more panistrable chan Man. BaugHE.
  39. CeF.
  40. HeCaicl, chatno Lam canpossibly be unjust; And TCay,
  41. thac ehis isto dens checonclusion, whrich deserres no reply;
  42. Buc r0 sire him lacisfaction, lWwilt Follo him in chis alfo.
  43. IEhe incended nomore. buc chac unjus LaWes are nOE SC-
  44. aeine L.AWCS
  45. nor bind eo actire obedience, becaule ther
  46. aC3

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 119. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0131?run=74