The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 290
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- Coon dran Wacer out oFa pumice, as dram any such concluton
- out ofchele premisses. Secondly, For his rabine a beginnine.
- Fichier he understands a b cinning ef beine. Or a becinnin of
- Workins and actine. IFhe understand a beginnins ofbeins. He
- Saicli most cruv, chac nochins hach a beginnins oF beins in cime
- From ic selF, Buc chis is nochius co his purpose. The quection is
- noc becveen us Whecher che soul otman, or the will of man be
- eternal, Buc if he understand a becinnine of wortine or moo-
- vi sactnaliu, ic is a gross errour. AII men know chac when a
- Aone descends, or Fire ascends, or when water, chachach been
- heaced recurns eo iis former cemper, ehe beginninz or reason
- is incrinsecal, and one and chelame chins doch moore andis
- moored in a diverse respect. Ir moores in respect ofcheform,
- and ic is moored in respece ofchematcer. Much more man.
- utro hach a persece knomledse and prenorion otcheend, is
- most proverty said ro moore himself. Vec Ido noc deny DuE
- chac chere are ocher Leginninss ofhumare actions, which do
- corcur ich che ill. some ouea. d. as che Arst cause by general
- infuence, Which is ererriore requisice, Anssels or men by per-
- siradins, evill spirirs by remprins, che obicec or end by its ap
- Decibilicy, ehie understandins by directirs Sopactions and
- acquired habirs. Buc P deny chac any oFchele do neceMitare or
- can necellicare che ill ot man by decerminins ic Phylically eo
- one, excepe Cod alone, who doch ic rarely in extraordinary
- cales. And wtiere chere is no ancecedent decerminarion to
- one, chere is no absolure necellicr bur true Liberry.
- (6) His second arsumene is ex corcessis, lt is ont of controverse
- (Paich hc) etat of voluntary actions the millis anccessary canse.
- Thearsumene may bethus reduced. Necellary causes produce
- necellary effeces, bur the Will is a necessary cause oF volunrary
- actions. Imistir deny. liis major; Necestarr caules do noc al-
- vraves produce necellary effecrs excepe chey be allo necessarilu
- produ ed es Thave Beved Betore in che burnins ot Protacoras
- tis b0oh. Buc lansiver cleeriu coche minor, chac the williS nOL
- a necessary cause oF vihac ic wills in parcicular acrions IEis
- Wichour comrover, e indeed, For ic is wichoue alt probabilier.
- Thac ic wills When ic wills, is necessary, huc enac ic nills chis or
- hac, non or chen, isfree. More expresly, che aec ofche vist
- Mo
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 290. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0290?run=74