The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 144
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- he somes in mith This is che doctrine chat Roms From this opi
- nion ofablolure Necessity; nhichis imperiinent; secine no-
- ihine fous from il more thanmay bedrann from the confession of
- aneternat Prescience.
- Buche cellsme in sreac ladnels, thac my Arsument is
- ne beeter thanthis; YY Ball live tillto morror, L sali live
- till tomorrom, thoneb Lrun myselfthorom mith a svord to day.
- rhich (saithhe) is a false consequence, and a false proposition,
- Truly, itby runnins chrougli, heunderctand hillins, iC i5 a
- False, orracher a tooli proposicion. Desainriebt. Let
- us therefore sce hom it is not like tohis; Fe sayes, It ic be ab.
- Colucely necellary chac a man Maillive cill eo morrom, chen
- iE is rain and superRuous for him cocontule, Whecher he
- Mould dyc to day Or nOE.
- Andchis (he sares) is a erue consequence. Lcannot per-
- ccivehom itis abetter consequence than the former; for if it
- be absolutely necessary that a man sould live cillto morron
- and inhealth, rnhich may also be supposed) why sonld he not
- if he havethe curiosity) bave his head out off 10 try hat pain
- itis. But the conseguence isfalse, for is iherebe a necessity of
- his livine. it is necessary also that he Ball not have so foolistr a
- curiosiry. But he cannot zet distingnis between a seen and un-
- feennecessity, and that is thecanse hebelceveth his consequence
- 10 be g00d.
- mThenexe branch ot my Arsumene concerns Admoni-
- Tions, _C.
- Wrhich hesaies isthis, IF aIl chines be necessary, chen ie
- is to no more purpole co admonisti men ot understandine
- chan f0ols, children, or madmen, but Thaccher do ad-
- monim ehe one and noethe ortier, is contessedy erue; and
- no realon under licaren can be giren toric buethis, ehae
- theformer hare cheule oFreason, and erueliberey, witha
- dominion orertheir omn actions, Whichchildren, (ools, and
- madmenhrave nOc.
- ThC truereason why ve admonist men and not children, e6
- is because aamniiion, is nochine else buttelline a man, the
- c00d and evil consequences of his actions. Fhey who have ex-
- perience of ecod and evill, can better perseive the reasonable
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 144. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0156?run=74