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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 251

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  1. thacas cach feacher hach a cerrain natural weishe, wherehr ie
  2. concurs noc arbierarily, bue necellarily cowards the Or r-
  3. charsins oF chehorse; S0all objects and causes have a natu-
  4. rall efficieney inhereby chey do Physically decermin the will.
  5. which is a greac mistake. Hlis Obicets, his Agenes, hisMotives,
  6. hisPastions, and allhis concurrent causes, ordinarily duone-
  7. ly moorechewill moralls, noc decermine ic nacurally. So as it
  8. hach in all ordinary actions a tree dominion over ic lelF.
  9. Hlis ocher example oF a manchac Arikes, mhose mill tostribe
  10. follorreth nece ssarily that thonche he badof the seque i of this stroke
  11. immediately before the lifrine up of his hand) asic confounds
  12. pastionate, indeliberace chouehes, wich che dictates ofrishe
  13. reason. (0 ic is very uncertain; For becween che cup and che
  14. lip becreen che littine up of che hand andtheblon, che
  15. ill may alcer, aud the, udemenc also. And laHIy, ic isim-
  16. Derrinent, For chat necestiey oF strikins proceeds Fromthefrce
  17. decerminacion oFche Aseuc, and noc trom che special inAuence
  18. oF any oucward decerminins causes. And so it is onely a ne-
  19. cestier upon supposicion.
  20. Concernins Medeas choile, ehe Arengch oF che argumene
  21. dochnoclse cicher in che Fact oF Medea, Whichis buc a ficti-
  22. on, or in cheauchoriey of che Poet, Who urices tninssrarher
  23. eo beadmired chan beliered. but in phe experience ot all men.
  24. uhro Findic co betrue in chemselres, Thac lometimes reason
  25. soch Mem uneo a man che exorbitane oftus passion, chat
  26. Whache desires is buc a pleasane sood, chac whac he losech by
  27. such a choise is an honest po0d, Thacchac which is honestis to
  28. be preterred betore chac which is plealane, vec che will pursues
  29. thac utuch is pleasane, and neslects chac wrtrich is tionekt.
  30. SE. Pans Caich as much in carnest asis feined ot Medea, Thac
  31. he approcved not that which he did, and chac he didthat vehich he
  32. hated, ROm. 7. 25. The Roman Scory is mistaken There Was
  33. no bribe inchecase bue affection. Whereas P urce chacchose
  34. thinss, Whrich arc neerer cothe senses do moove more pover.
  35. fullr, he laz estold on ic; and wichout ansverins eo thac For
  36. Which Pproducedit inters, Thatthe sense ot present eood is more
  37. immediate to the action than the foresicht os cvil consequents.
  38. Nhich istrue, buc ic is noc absolutely erue br any antecedent
  39. necectier.

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 251. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0251?run=74