The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 221
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- his oun faule, in respect oF char ricious habit which hehad
- concracted of drintins or samins. Jam. I. 14. Fvery man is
- tempred when heis dramn aay of his ovn inst and entised. Dis-
- Orderedpastions otanser, hacred, lust, itcher be consequent
- (a5 the case ishere puc by T. FT.) and Rou trom deliberation
- and election, chey do noc only noc diministr che Faule, bur cher
- asgrarace ic, andrender ic much sreater.
- (h) Ele calts much otche morives to do, es the morives toforbear,
- hon chey work upon and decermine a man, as it a realonable
- manmere nomore chan a Tennis- baII, to be tossed eo and Fro
- by che Rackets oF che second causes; AS it the willhadno
- porverco mooreit selF, buevere meerty passive, lite an arri-
- ficiall Povinsay remoored hicher and chicher bytheboles of
- ehe Archers, Whostiooe on chis side and on chat. Whacare
- mocires buc reasons or discourses Framed by che underttandinz
- and Frecl moored by the will 2 NVhac are etre will and the
- understandins bur Faculeies oF the same (oul: and whacis li-
- berey buca pover resulcins tromthem boch? T0 Pay chacche
- Willis derermined by chese motires, is 25 much asto Cay, chaC
- ehe Asencis determine d by himselE; IF chere beno necestita-
- tion betore che judsmene ofrishereason dorh dictare corhe
- will, chenchere is no ancecedent, no extrinsecal necessication
- aC aII. (1) AII themorid knows chac wtien the Agentis de-
- cermined br himselt, chen ehe effect is determined likemise in
- ies cause. Buc iFhe decermined himsell Freely, thenthe effect
- is tree. Mocires determine nor nacurally, buc moralli; Which
- kind ot decermination may consist wich erue liberey. Bucit
- T. FI. tis opinion vereerue, chac the will mere naturally de-
- cermined by the Phrsical and special inAuence of extrinsecal
- causes, noc onely mocires vere rain, bue reason ic selF, and
- deliberation mere rain. No, Paich he, cher are noc vain, be-
- cause thev are rhe means. Tes, it chemeans Be superAuous
- thev are vain; whac necded such a circuit ot deliberation to
- adrise whacis fic ro bedone, when it is already decermined ex
- erinsecally, Whac mustbe done.
- k) Hc saich, chac the ignorance of the true causes, and their
- porveristhe reason. nhy Wejaseribe the effect to liberty: but When
- ne seriousty consider the capses of thines, e actnomledse a ne-
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- cessit
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 221. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0221?run=74