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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 141

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  25. sares my opinion reffects eoomueh uxon che honour ot mar-
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  28. when a Lyoneats a Man, and a Man eais an Oxe; rhy is
  29. the Oxe more made for the Man, than the PLanfor the Lion E
  30. res besaith, Cod sare man liberey (Gen. 9. 3.) 10 eae che
  31. AechoFche Creatures tor his sultenance. True. But the Li-
  32. on badthe libertyto eat the Aess ot man lons hefore. Dut he
  33. vill Cay no; pretendine that no man of any Nation, or at a-
  34. nytime, contd lafully eat Rest. unle (s he had this licence of
  35. holus Scripture, Whichit mas impossible for most men to have.
  36. But ho mould hehave been offended, is Lhad said of man as
  37. Pliny doth. 9u0 nullum est animal neque milerius, neque su-
  38. Perbiuse Thetruthis, thatmanis a C reature ot creater po-
  39. ver, than otber livins Creatures are; but his advantages
  40. do consist especially in truo things, whereof ove is thense of
  41. (peech by which men commanicate one mith anotber, and joine
  42. their forces tocether, and by which alsothey Register their
  43. thouches, that theyperist not, but be reserved, and ascermards
  44. joined mith other thonches, to produce reneral Rules for the di-
  45. rection of their actions. There be Beasts that see berter, others
  46. rhat hear better; and others that exceed mantind in other
  47. senses. Man excelleth beasts onely in maline of Rules tohim-
  48. sels, that is tosay in remembrine, and in reasonine ariche up-
  49. on that Whichhe remembreih. They whichdo so, deserve an
  50. honour above bruce beasts. But they mbich mistalins the use
  51. ofvords, deceive themselves and others, introducinq errour-
  52. and (educine men fromthetruth, are se much le ssto be bonon-
  53. red thanbruce beasts, as error is more vile thanienor anse. So
  54. that it isnot meerly the nature of man, that males him mor-
  55. thier thanother livine Creatures, but thelenomledee that he
  56. acquires by mediration, and by tbe riche use of reason in ma-
  57. hine coodrules of his future actions. Fhe other advantace a
  58. manhath, is chense of hishands for the matine of those chines
  59. rhich.

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 141. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0153?run=74