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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 129

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The machine reads it as

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  2. de
  3. d0, et
  4. acien
  5. ROHC
  6. oleta
  7. 480
  8. ere
  9. llins
  10. pe
  11. le
  12. date
  13. (129)
  14. buc ehis is his omn opinion. He mould perswadeus, chiae
  15. it is absolurely necessary chac a man Mall live cill eo mor-
  16. roi, and yec chacie is possible chat he may rill himselE eo
  17. dar. My argumencischis. PFchere Be a liberey and po.
  18. Mbilicy Fora man co killhim selFco day, chenicis noc abso-
  19. Jucely necessory, chac he Mall. sire cilseomorro; buc chere
  20. is sucha liberey, cheretoreno sueh necelsier. And ehecon-
  21. sequence which I mahie hercis ehis. IF ic be ab (olucely ne-
  22. celtarv. chac aman aII lire rill eo morron, chen ic is rain
  23. and superAuous tor him co consule and deliberace, whether
  24. he Mould duc to dar, oe noc. And chis isa crue conse.
  25. quence. The ground oF his mistake is chis, chac chouxhie
  26. Decrue, chaca manmay killhimselE co day, vec upon che
  27. supposicion oE his absoluce necessier ic is impossble. Such
  28. Hlecerogeneous argumenes and instances he producech.
  29. Which are halfbuilded exon our erue grounds, and che ocher
  30. halfupon his Falle grounds.
  31. in Thenexe branch ofmy argumene concerns Admoniti
  32. ons, eo whichhe sires no new ansiver, and cheretore Tneed
  33. noemalie anynemreply; Carins oncly eo celtum, chaclie
  34. mistares my argumene; I lay noc onely, IFaIl chines bene-
  35. cellarr, chen admonicions are in vain, bue it all chine De
  36. necesary, chen ic isto no more purpole co admonitt menof
  37. understandinschan Fools, children, ormad men. Thaccher
  38. do admonitche one and nocche orter, is contesledty crues
  39. and no reason under heaven can begiren For ic bucchis, ehac
  40. cheFormer have cheuse ot reason, and eruc liberey, wicha
  41. dominion over cheir omnactions, Which children, Fools,
  42. and mad men hare nOc.
  43. Concernins praise and dispraile, he ivlarsech himselF.
  44. Thescope ot his discourle is, chac thines necessary maybe
  45. praise morthy. Thereis no doubeot ic, buc wichal cheir
  46. praise resects upon chetrecasene, as the praise oF a stacue
  47. refects upon ihewortman who madeit. T0 praise atbine
  48. (Paich hie) is to Cay it is good. n True, buc ehis Boodnels is
  49. noc a Mecaphrsical soodnels. Po che morst ofchinss; and
  50. Whraesoerer hach a beins, is 800d. Nor a Nacural Boodness;
  51. Thepraise oFic patlech Wholly eo che Auchor OF NatuTES
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 129. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0141?run=74