The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 261
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- and successire duration, and former and later, or a part with.
- out a pare (asthey (ay) cobe in Ciod: Becaule we are noc able
- counderstand cleerly che Dirine perfection, we must noc chere.
- fore accribure any impertection eo lum.
- (B) Hle Baichmoreorer, chac he anderstands as lirele hom it
- can betrue Which LCay, thac Crod is nor just but Fustice il self, not
- eternat but Fternity it self. TE Peems houloerer he be vorsed
- inchis question, chac he hach noc troubled hishead overmuch
- wichreadins Sch00l. Dirines, or Mecaptiylicians, iFhe mate
- Faculties or qualicies eo be in C0d, really distinet From his
- essence. C0d is a most simple or pure aet, which can admie
- no compolicion ot substance and accidents. Dochhe chink
- chat che most perfect Fissence of Cod cannor aet sufficienely
- wichour faculcies and qualiries? The infinite perfection of che
- Dirine elfence, excludes all pastire or receptire povers, and
- carmot be perfected more than ic is by any accidents. Ihe aerri
- buces of Crod, are noc dirers rerrues, or qualicies in him, as chey
- are inthe creatures, buc realsy one and ehe same wich che Di-
- vine Flsence, and amone chemselres. They are actributed eo
- 60d co supply ehe detect os our capacicy, wtro arenoc able
- to understand thac which istobe knonn ofCiod, under one
- name, or one aet ot theunderstandine.
- Furchermore he Caich, chac he understands not bon L conclude
- Fromhence, that Fternity is an indivisible point, and not a sue-
- cession. (1) Y will helo him. The Dirine Substance is indiri-
- sible; Buc Ficernier is che Dirine Substance. The Majoris
- eridene, because Ciod is actus simplicissimus, a most simple act,
- Wherein chereis no manner ot composition, neicher of matter
- and form, nor ot subject and accidenes, noc oF Dares, _c. and
- by consequence no dirisibilier. The minor hath been cleerly
- demonstrared in mine ansiver to his last doube, and is contessed.
- by all men, chac Whacsoerer is in 60d, is 60d.
- Lacly hesaith. He conceires not hon it can be said, that an
- infinite poine, wherein is no succession, can comprehend all time
- which is successive. Lansiver, chac ic dorh noc comprehendie
- Formally astime is successire, buc eminenely and vireually as
- Ecernier is infinice. To day aIl Fcerniey is coexictent wich chis
- day. E0. morrom all Ererniey will be coexistene mith eOmOr-
- R
- TOW.
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 261. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0261?run=74