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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 187

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  12. Cirk cause. chen ic is Boc mans wil, buc. 60d5NN ill, and AONS
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  14. (5) Thac which he addes ot a fudse, is altozecher imperri-
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  17. ic maties ronsly asainst hims For the fudee soesupon a 500d
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  20. chewill oFche doer did decermine it sels Frecly, and chac che
  21. malefactor had liberer ro have KepecheLam, it he mould:
  22. Cerrainly, a Judse oughe ro lo0kac aIl marerial circumstances.
  23. and much more ac all essenrial causes Whecher erery suffiei-
  24. ent conse be a necessary cause will eome ro be examined more
  25. properlr, Numb. 3T. Forche presene, ic Mall suHice co Lay.
  26. char liberey Aous From chesufticieney, and continsener From
  27. chedebiliey ofche cause. (d) NacureNerer incendsthe se-
  28. neration oFa monster. TFaII the causes concur sufficienct, a
  29. a perfect creature is produced, buc by reason ofche insufficien-
  30. Cy, Or debilicy, or continsene aberrarion ot lome otche causes
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  34. duced. Whacis ic ehen? A Monster is not produced by ver-
  35. tue oPehac order Whieh is sec in Nacure, Due by eHe concin-
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  40. aMonster is necessary; as all che evenes in che norid are Wten
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 187. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0187?run=74