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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 295

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  1. (205
  2. Mod che ocher in che quick, and lamed him; IF cheHorse have
  3. cast a Mhoc, or bea relty jade, and will noc draw bue when he
  4. list, chen che effect is noc necessarily produced, buc concinsent.
  5. ly more or less, a5 che concurrence oFche caules is more or lels
  6. ConcinsenE.
  7. (B) Secondiy. 2 cause mar be said eo be susticiene, cicher be-
  8. cause ic producech char effect wlch is incended, as in che gene-
  9. ration ot a man. or else, Because ic is sufticiene co produce 1haE
  10. uhich is produced, 2s inthe generacion ofa Monster. lhe
  11. Former is properly calied a sufficient caule, che lacer a Weat
  12. and insufficiene cause. Now, it che debilier of che cause De
  13. noc neceslary, buc continsene, then che effect is noc necestur:
  14. buc contingene. Ic is a rule in Logick, chac che conclusion al
  15. wares Followsthe realter part. IFche premises De buc proba-
  16. ble, ehie conclusion cannoc be demonstracire. IE Boldsa5 vell
  17. in caules 2s in proposicions. No efect can exceed che verrue ot
  18. its cause. IFcheabiliey or debilier ot the causes be concingent,
  19. Ehe efect cannor be necelTarr.
  20. Thirdly ehac which concerns chis question ot Liberer trom
  21. necesticy most neerty is. Thac (C) a cause is Paid eo be TutticienE
  22. in respect oFche abilier oFit eo act, nor in respect oF its will 1o
  23. aet. The concurrence ofche will is needsul eo che production
  24. olatree effect. Buc the cause may besusticiene, chough ehe
  25. Will do nocconcur. As Crod is sufficiene eo produce a thousand
  26. vorids. buc ic doch noc Follon trom chence, cirher chac he
  27. hach produced chem, or chac he will produce chem. The bl004
  28. OF Christ is a sufficient ransome For all mantind buc ic doch noc
  29. Follon cheretore, ehac all mantind MaIl Be actually sared by
  30. vertue ofhis Biood. A man may be a susticiene Furour, chougn
  31. he will noc ceach erery Scholler, and a sufficiene Physician,
  32. choush he will noc administer co erery pariene. For asmuch
  33. cheretore as the concurrence ot the willis necdful co the pro-
  34. duction of everv tree effect, and vec che cause may be sutti-
  35. cient, in sensa diviso, alchouxh che will do noc concur, ic fol
  36. lowes eridenely, thac the caule may be sufficiene, and vec fome-
  37. etiins, which is necdtul co che production otche effect, may
  38. be ancins, and chat erery sufficiene cause is noc a necessary
  39. cause.

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 295. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0295?run=74