The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 285
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- the Deliberati on, ibere arise thouches in himthat deliberareth,
- concernine the consequence of the action mhereos he deliberateth,
- rhich cause the action follomine, which are not impediments to that
- rhich mas not done, but the canses of chat which vas done: That
- hichsolloweth inthis Xumber, is nor intellicible, by reason of the
- insirnificance of these moras understandins directech; Will ele
- ctech, hypochericalnecestier, mhich are but Farcon, andhis
- divided sense, and compounded sense, non sense. And this also
- Liberry respecterh noc Future acts onely, buc present acts allo.
- is nnintelli ible. For hon can a manhave Liberty to do, or not to
- do thar which is at che same instant already done. For mhere he
- addeth ochermise Cod did noc Freely creace cheWorld, it proves
- nothine, becanse he bad the Liberry to create it, before it mas crea-
- red. Besides, it is a porphaneins of thename of Ciod, to make in
- stances of his incomprehensible mortins, in a question as thisis
- meerlus naturat.
- T. II.
- a Hely. T conceive liberty to be richrlr defined in this manner. NTuM. 2.9.
- Liberty is the absence of al the impedimentsro action, that are
- not contained in thenature, and in the intrinsecal quality of the
- Acent. Asfor example, the mareris (aid ro descend freely, or 10
- have liberty to descend by the Chanet of the River, because there
- is no impediment rbat ay, but not across, because thebantes are
- impediments. And ehongh Wacer cannot ascend, yet men never say
- it manes rhe liberty to ascend, but the faculey or porver, bocause
- the impediment is inthenarure of the mater and intrinsecal. So
- alsove say, he that is tied vants the liberty 10 50, because theim-
- pedimentis not in him, but inhisbonis, rhereas me say not so of
- him that is sick or lame; b. cause the impediment is in himself.
- D
- (ad Onthac Mould bea rixhe definition ofliberey nhich
- A comprehends neicher che Cenus nor che Ditterence,
- neicher ehe Maccernor the Form ot liberer, which doch noc (0
- muchas accidentally deseribe siberey by ies marks and cokens.
- Hlou a real faculey or the Flectire poner Mould De defined by
- ADesotis.
- a abence, is pal my understandins. and con-
- Erary
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 285. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0285?run=74