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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 247

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  1. (247)
  2. expresse of Study, or by concinuall gurmandisne, or by extra
  3. vasant pastion, dc. do become Pors, have consequenely lost
  4. eir liberey, is requireth proof; for for any thine chat l can ob
  5. serve, mad men and fools have the same liberry that other men
  6. have, in those thines thar are in their porver to do.
  7. 7. D
  8. Ourchly, chenarural Philosopher doch react, chat ehe wilt Num. 33.
  9. doch necessarilys sollon the last dictare of the understan-
  10. ding. De is true indeed ehe ill Mould Follon the directi-
  11. on of the underltandins, buc Y am noc sacisted chac ic doch
  12. evermore Follon ic. Sorerimes chis Payins tach place, Video
  13. meliora probogue. Dereriora sequor. Aschac sreat Roman said oF
  14. ero Sailers, char ehe one produced che berrer reasons, but the
  15. ocher must have ehe ostice. Sorealon ofren lies dejected at
  16. the feet oF affection. Thinss necrer to the senses moore more
  17. Dovertuliy. Donhac a man can, he Mallsorron more Forthe
  18. deach ofhis child, chan for the sin oFhis Poul; Y et appreciacire-
  19. Wy in che eltimarion otjudsmene, he acconnes che oftence of
  20. Cod, a greacer erii chan any cemporal lo(5.
  21. Nexr, I do noc beliere chac a man is bound eo weiph the ex
  22. Dedience or inexpedience ot every ordinary crivial action eo
  23. the least prain in che ballance of his understandine Orcorun up
  24. inco his Wacch. Touer wich his perspectire cocate norice ot
  25. erery Pack daw chac Aies by, For Fear of lome hidden danger.
  26. This seems eo me to be a procticurion ot reason eo perie ob-
  27. serracions as conceruins ererr ras char a man vears cach deop
  28. OF drinti, cach morsel ot bread char he cates, cach pace chac he
  29. Walks. Thus many seps mult ho g0, noc one more, norone
  30. less, under painofmortal In. Whacischis buc a Rack and a
  31. Sibber eo the Conscience? Buc C0d leaves mone chinss in-
  32. differene, choush man be lo curious he will nOc. A 800d Ar-
  33. chitect will be lure co proride iufficient materials For his buit.
  34. dins, huc whac parcicular number oestones, or erces, hetrou-
  35. bles noc his head. And suppose he Bould weish cach action
  36. chus, vec he dochnor, Costill chere is liberer. Tirirdiy, Icon-
  37. ceire ic is possible in chis milt and weaknels OE hurran appre.
  38. hention. For ero actions ro be lo equallys circumstantiaced, thaF

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 247. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0247?run=74