The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 303
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- and sense is the proper iudse ofic. Buc Whac chese words do, Or
- oushre eruely co signitie, is noc eo be indged by sense butbu
- reason. Seconds, reason may, and doch otcencimes correct
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- is manr cimes greacer chanthe whole Clobe oFche earch. A5
- cohis instance. Ilom can it be proved, that to love a thine, and to
- thinte it 500d is al one to a man that doch not marte his ovon meanine
- by these mords, Icontels, it cannoc be proved, Foricis nOETrUE.
- Beauey and likeness, and lore do conciliate lore as much as
- Foodnels, Cosamoris amor. Zove is a pastion ot the will, buE
- cojudse oF coodness is an act ot the understandins. A Facher
- mas lore an unsracious Child, and vec noc elteem him 5o0d.
- A man lores tis omn houle beccer chan anocher mans, vec he
- cannoc buc elteem manr ochers beccer chan his omn. His ocher
- instance. Flor can ic be proved thar eternity is not nunc laric, 10 a
- manthat says chese mords by custome, and never considers hou he
- can conceive the thine it self in his minde, is jult like cheformer,
- nocto beprored by reason, buc by Fancy, Which is the way he
- caties. And ic isnoc unlikethe connsel, which onc gareto a
- Novice aboutehe choise oFhis mite, to advice wich che BClS, 25
- hetancied (o chey Connded, cicher cake her, or leare her.
- (6) Thenfor his assumprion ic is as defectire ashis propo-
- Sition, Thac by chese mords spontaneiry, _c. men do understand
- as he conceives. No racional man doch conceire a spontanecns
- action, and an indeliberare action to be ail one, every indelibe-
- rate
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 303. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0303?run=74