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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 283

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  1. 283)
  2. marteder denie bced ot; ascribins the necessication Ot
  3. aman in ilec actslots oun deliberation, and in indeliberate
  4. acts eohis last chonghe, Numb. 25. WVhacis chis eo a nacura
  5. and special inAtuence of extrinsecal causes (0) Again, Liberty
  6. (Taith he) is an absence of exerinsecal imded menci bue delibera-
  7. tion doch produce no new extrinsecal impediment, scheretore
  8. Clec him chose which part he will) cicher heis tree atcer desibe.
  9. racion, by his oon Doctrine, or he was noctree Betore. Oue
  10. oun deliberation, and ehe direction ot our oon understandins.
  11. andthe election of our onn will, do produce an hyporhecical
  12. necessier, chac che evene be such as ehe understandino hach di-
  13. rected, and the Will elected. Buc For as muchi as che understan-
  14. dins mistie hare directed ocherwise, and che willtrare elected
  15. ochermile, chiis is Far From an absolure necessier. Neicher doch
  16. liberey respect onely fucure acts, buc presene acts al(o. Ocher-
  17. Wise Cod did noc Frecly create the worid. In che same instane
  18. Wherein the willelectsic isfree, accordins eo a priorier oFNa-
  19. cure, choush noc ofcime, eo elect ochermise. And (o in a di
  20. vided sense, che willisfree, even whilestic acts, thouch in a
  21. compounded scuse ic benoc trec. Certainly, deliberation doct
  22. constiture, noc dettroy liberer.
  23. imacrersions upon che Ansiver
  24. 10 Numb. Z XVITI.
  25. (a) F P Elis Mort section mighe passe, bur tor emo chings.
  26. one is, thac he contounds a voluncary act wich a
  27. frec act.) Ido indeed rake all voluntary acts ro betree, and alt
  28. free actsto be voluntary, but mihal that allacts, Whether free or
  29. voluncary; if they be acts, vere necessary before they vere aCts.
  30. But rhere is the errour? A tree aet (saith he) is onely chae
  31. Which procceds tromthe frec election ofcherational WiI, afcer
  32. deliberacion; buc erery act chac procceds From thesensitire
  33. appecite ot man or beast ichone Deliberation or Flection, is
  34. eruely voluncarr. So that my errour lies in this that Y distin-
  35. suiso not betireen a rational Wil, and a sensirive appetite inthe
  36. In 2
  37. Same

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 283. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0283?run=74