The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 138
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- etiat LaW is unjust and cyrannical wrhich commanas a man to
- Will, ehac which is impossible For him eo Will. Whereby it
- appears heis of opinion, that a Lam may be made to command
- ehe Will. Thestite ot a Lam is Dorhis, or Donocthis; or
- IFetion Dochis, chou Pale Sufecchis; but no Lam runs thus;
- Nill chis, or Will nocchis; or IF chou have a WVill cochis,
- chou Male Sufter chis; Ie objecteth furcher that Phere the
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- question, because nomans Will is necessitared. Wherein he
- mistates, for Y Cay no more in that place, but that he that
- dorh cvill millinely, whether he be nece arily willine. or not
- necessarily, may be iustly panisted. and upon this mistate
- herunneth over acain his former and already ansmered non
- sense sarins, We our lelres by our omn negligence, in noc op.
- Dolins our pastions Wrhen e ould and mishe, have trecly
- siven ehem akind ot dominion over us; and acain motus
- pximo primi, the first motionsare not almayes in our porver.
- ehich mocus primo primi, senifies nothine, and our necli-
- rence in noc oppolins our pastions, is the same rith our wane
- OFWVill, eo oppole our NVill, nhich is absurd; and tbat ve
- have siren ehem a kind ot dominion over us, either sienifies
- nothine. or that me have a dominion over our Wills, or our
- Wills adominion overus, axd consequently cither me or our
- wills are not Free.
- cHe pleads moreover thac the Tam is a caule ot fustice,
- _c. AIIchisis most true, ota just Law, jutly exccured.
- But Thave Born that al Lames are just, as Laies, and
- therefore not tobe accused of injustice, by those that ome sub
- jectionto them; and a just Laris alvares iustly executed.
- Secine thenthat he conse seth that al that be replieth to herc ic
- truc, it follorreththat the Reply it self, rbere it contradictetb
- me, isfalse.
- Freaddethehae the Custerines impoled by che Law upon
- Delinquenes, relpect noc the eril act past, buc chego0d 1n
- come; and chac the purrine ot a Delinquene co deach by che
- Magistrace For any erime Whacloerer, cannor be jultitied be-
- Fore C0d, excepe chere bea reallintention eo benehe others
- by his example.
- Fhis heneither confirmeth nor denieth, and get forbeareth
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 138. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0150?run=74