The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 298

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1. T. II.
2. Tum. 32. As ly. Thold that the ordinary definition of a free Asent name-
3. Lly that a free Asent is, that, which rh. n all thines are present.
4. which are necaful to produce the effect, can nevertheless not pro-
5. duce it, implies a contradiction, and is non snse, beine, as muchas
6. ro say, the canse may be lusFxiene, that is, necellary, and yer the
7. eff.ct not folloW.
8. 1
9. 7. D.
10. Elis las poine is buc a Corollary, or an Inference From
11. cheformer doctrine, chat every sufficient c ase proanceth
12. irs effect necessarilu, wtricti pillar beins caken awar che suver-
13. Structure mukt needs Falleo che ground, havins norhins leteco
14. SUDPOECIE. Lastly. Phold (Paich BC) vhat heis able to proove is
15. Somethine. So much reason, s0 much erust; bur wtac he holds
16. concerns himselFnoc ochers. But Whac holdshe ? Thold (Paich
17. hC) that the ordinary definirion of a free Acent implies a contra-
18. diction, and is non sense. Thac wtrich he calls ehe ordinary defini-
19. tion oFliberey is the rery definition which is siven by chemucti
20. preacer pare ot Philolophers and Schoolmen. And dochhe
21. Think chac alI chese spake non. sense: or had no more judomene
22. chaneo contradict chemselres in a definition ? Ile mighe mucti
23. becter suspect himselt, thancensure so manv. L et us see the
24. detinition ic selF: A free Agent is that, which mhen allthines
25. are present, that are necdsul to produce the effect, can ne vertheless
26. noc prodnce ir. Packnomledse che old definition ot Liberey,
27. wich licele variation. Buc I cannor sec this non- sense, nor dis
28. corer ehis conrradiction. FOr (a) in chele mords all thines need
29. fult, or allrhines requisire, the actual determination ot che will
30. is noc included. Buc by al thines necdsul er regnisite; all ne-
31. cellary porer cicher operatire or electire, all necellary instru-
32. menes and adjumenes exerinsecall and intrinsecall, and allcon-
33. dicions are intended. Ashe chachach pen and ink, and paper,
34. a Coble, a desk, and leisure the arc of vricins, and thetree use
35. oFhis hand, hach all chinss requisice ro vrite ifhe will, and vet
36. hemax Forbear, it he will. Or as he chac hach men and mons,
37. andarms, and munirion, and Mips, and a just cause, hach all
38. chinss

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 298. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0298?run=74