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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 219

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  2. compellins and changins ehe will. Ficher God or man may
  3. chanse ehie ill ot mman, scicher by varvins che condition oF
  4. chinss, or by informine ehe parey octiermise, bue compelled ic
  5. cannoe Be, ehaeis, ic cannoc boch will etiis, and noc will ehis 25
  6. ic is inrected wieh che lame circumstances, thouph, ische act
  7. ere ocherwise circumstaneiaced, ic mixhe nill thac Freely, whict
  8. non ic wills freel. (b) WVhcretore chis kind ot actionsare
  9. called mixt actions, chiat is parclo voluneary, parely unrolun-
  10. tary. Thac which is compelled in a mans presene condition or
  11. distrels, chat is noc voluntare nor chosen. Thacwhich is cho-
  12. sen, as the remedy oFirs distrels, that is voluncary. Sohypothe-
  13. rically, supposins a man vere noc in thac distrels, chey are in-
  14. voluncary, buc absolucels wihoue any supposition at aIl, ta-
  15. hins ehe case asicis, chey are voluntary. (() His octer in-
  16. Rance OF a man forced eo prison, that he may choose mhether he
  17. ill be haled chither apon the cronnd, or malk upon his feet is nOE
  18. erue. By hisleare, thac is noc as he pleasech, but as ic pleaserH
  19. ehem nho hare him in cheir porver. TFchey will dras him, he
  20. isnoc frecto Walk; Andit chey sire him leare coWalk, heis
  21. noc Forced co be deassed. (d) Flavins laid ehis toundarion,
  22. he Bexins eo build upon ic, chac other passions de necessitare as
  23. much as fear; Bucheerres doubly; Firs, in hisFoundation, fear
  24. doch noc decermino che racional ill naturally and necellarisy;
  25. The lact and srearest oFche sire cerrible chines is deach, vec che
  26. fear of deach cannoc necessitace a resolved mind eo do a distro-
  27. nest action, rhichis vorse chandeach. The fear. ot che Rery
  28. Purtiace could not compel ehe chree Children eo morttrip an
  29. 2dol, norche Fear ofthe Lions necessirare Danist coomic his
  30. ducs toGod; Tcis our Frailey, thac we are more afraid ot empey
  31. Madonschan of substancial dangers, because chey are neerer
  32. oux senses, as licele Children fear a Mouse or a Vilard, more
  33. chan ArC Or meather. Buc as a Aere OFthestone catres auay the
  34. sense ofche soucfor thepresene, (0 che crearer passion doch
  35. extinsuib che less. The Fear of Crodswrach, and erernalFOr.
  36. menes doch expel corporal Fear, fear non them mho teill the body,
  37. buc feur him nho is able to cast bochbody and soul into hell. LuC.
  38. 7. 4. (e) Da veniam Imperator, tu carcerem, ille cehennan
  39. minatur. Excuseme, OEmperor, chou chreasenest men wich
  40. C Z
  41. priton

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 219. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0219?run=74