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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 130

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  1. (130)
  2. 50d law alletiat hie badmade, and ie as very go0d. Bue
  3. a Moral Boodnels, or a goodness oF actions racher chan
  4. Ofchinss. The moral soodness of an action is checontor.
  5. micy ot ic wich richic reason. The moral eril ot an action
  6. is the deformier of ic, and che alineacion of ic trom riphe
  7. realon. Tcis moral praise and dispraise Which we lpcak OF
  8. herc. T0 praise any chins morally, isco lay, ic is morassy
  9. Rood, chacis, conformable eo rishe reason. The morall
  10. dispraise ot achins is eolay, ie is morally bad, or cila-
  11. precins trom cherule oF rishe reason. S0 moral praiseis
  12. From che e00d usc ot liberer, moral dispraise trom the bad
  13. elcofliberer: burit allchinss benecellarr, chien moral li-
  14. Berey is quice caken amay, and mich ic all erue praise and dis-
  15. praise. WhereasT. FI. add5, thac ro say a thine is qood, is
  16. eosay, it is as lvould wist, or as another vould vist, or at
  17. ihe State mouldhave it, or accordine to the Bar ofthe Land,
  18. Bemistakesinfinitelr. He and anocher, andtheScate, may
  19. alI wistr chac irhichisnocreally go0d, buc ontr in appear-
  20. ance. Wedo otcen wistr whatis proticatble, or deliohetul,
  21. wichione repardins (0 much as we oughe whar is honeft.
  22. Andchoushche will ofchescare where velive, or cheLan
  23. OF che Land do delerre orear consideration, vec ic isno in-
  24. Fallible rule oFmoral soodness. And chereforeto his que-
  25. sion mhether nothine that proceeds frem necessitr can please
  26. me, L ansver, ves. Theburning oF the sire pleaseth me
  27. Wotren Pam cold; And ICay, icis soodAre, or a creacure
  28. creared by God, tormy ule and For my 800d: Yec 1do
  29. notmean eo actribute any moral goodness cothe Rre, nor
  30. eire any moralpraise ro ie, as it ic vere inche porver ot che
  31. tire it selF, cicherto communicate irsheac, or to suspendit,
  32. hucY Draise Arstthe Creacor oF chetire, and ehen him who
  33. proridedit. As For thepraise which Velleins Patereulus gires
  34. Caro, chac he as g00d by nature. Et quia aliter esse non
  35. pornit, it hachnore oF cheOracouxthan citherof the The.
  36. olosian or Philosopherin ic. Manin che Seare ot innocen.
  37. cy. did FaIl and become eril, whac pririledse hath (alo more
  38. ehan hed No, by his lcave. Narratur es dis Catonis sape
  39. merocalnisse virtus. Buecheerue meanins is, chache Was
  40. naturalls

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 130. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0142?run=74