The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 249
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- ehe last cause, as the last feather necessirates the breabins of an
- horses back. When there are so many laid on before, as ibere
- necdeth but the addition o tbat one ro make the meieht sufficient.
- That rhich he alledeeth acainstthis, is first, ont of a Poet, mho in
- the person of Medea sayes, Video Meliora proboque, Deteriora
- sequor. But the sagins (as pretry as it is) is not true; for thouets
- Medea sam manyrasons ro forbear billins her Children, vet the
- last dictate of her judoment mas, that the present revenge on His
- husband outmeished them all, and th. rempon the miched action
- follored necessarily. Then the story of the Roman, that of tmo
- competitors said one had thebetter reasons, but the ot her must have
- ehe office. This also mabeth acainst him, tor the last dictate of
- his judement, that had rhe bestormine ofthe office mas this, thar it
- vas better eo tatee a great bribe, thanremard a creat merit. Third-
- ly. he objects that thines neerer the senses moove more por rfully
- thanreason. What follomeththence but this, T hat thesense ofihe
- present cood is commonly more immediate torhe Action, than the
- foresieht of the evill consequentsto cone: Fourthly. mbereas le
- sayes, that de what a rran can, he Ball sorrom more for the death
- ofhis son, than son the sin of his soul; it mates nothine ro the last
- dictate ofthe understandine, but it arcues plainly, that forrem for
- sin is not vobuntary. And by consequense repontance proceedet
- Tromcauses.
- s
- tL ourch prerenta uesca shainst Liberey Was, chac che
- Will doch neceltay follon che last dictace ofche under-
- candins, This objectionis larse ls antvered betore in several
- Places oFchiis Reply, and particularls, Numb. 7. In My FOC-
- mer discourse, I eare evo ansivers toie: The one cerrain and
- undoubred, Thac (a) suppotrs che last dictace ofche under-
- standins did alivares decermine ehe will, ver ehis decerminarion
- beins noc ancecedene incime, nor praceedins trom exerinsecal
- causes, buctrom che prorier relolurion of che Agen, Who had
- nom Ereely decermined himselF. ic makres no absoluce necesic).
- bue onely lypochecieit, upon surpotion chat che Asenc hath
- decermined his oron riil, atcer chis orthaemanner Which
- eins chemainauliver, T. FI. is so tar From catins ic avay.
- chat
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 249. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0249?run=74