The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 277

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15. not use enouch of reason to abstain fromkillins) for the mant of
16. reason procecdins from mant of ase, does cherefore rale amay the
17. punistment because it taketh avay the orime, and makes them in.
18. nocent. But heintroduceth another Fustice Which he callethDu-
19. blick, Whereas he called the other parricular; and by this publicte
20. fustice, he saith the Child thonchinnocent may be put to death.
21. Lhope me Bali never have the administration of publicle fustice,
22. in such hands as his, or in the hands of such as sall rale conn’el
23. from him. But the distinction he mates is not by himsels under-
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 277. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0277?run=74