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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 310

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  2. When he speates hechintes of (char is to say he Lmaeins) his bafine(s;
  3. buc here he chintes onely upon the words of ether men ttat have cone
  4. before him in this question, transcribine their conclusions and ar-
  5. eumenis, nor his omnet ouehts.
  6. (5) FThirdly. neicher doch any undexttandins man conceire.
  7. Oc can conceire, cicher thar the Will is an ASt of or D libera-
  8. tion, the Understandins and ehe WV iIl are ero distinet Faculcies;
  9. Ox chac onely the last appetite, is tobe calledour Wi.) Fhoneh
  10. the understandine and the Will mere tro distinct faculties, vet
  11. Follometh is not thac the Will and the. Deliberarion are mo istinct
  12. faculiies; for the vhole Deliberation is nothine else, butso many
  13. Wills, alternativelu chanced, accordine as a man under standetis
  14. or fancieth, the 500d ande vil sequels os the thine concernne mhich
  15. be deliberateth wbecher he shall pursueit. or ot the means lhether
  16. they conduce or not to thar end whatsoever it be he seekethco ob-
  17. tain. So chat in deliberation ihere b. many wills. mhereof not any
  18. isthe canse of a voluntary action but the last. as L have said b.fore
  19. ansverine this objection in anocher place.
  20. (8) Corcernins che sourrh poine we agree ehache is a free
  21. Scent, that can do if he Wrill, and forbear if heWrill. Buc l Won-
  22. der hon ehis dropped From hissPen : _c. Ic may behe mill
  23. Pay he can do if te will, and torbear il he will, bue he cannoc
  24. Will if he Will. Fehas no reason 1o monder hou this dropped from
  25. my Pen. Flefoundit in my eAnsver. Nn2. b. 3. andbas been
  26. all. his vbile abont to confure it, se lons indeed that he had forget
  27. LSaid ir. And nom acain brines anocher Argument to prev. a
  28. manis free toill which th.; eieber FHE AGCNE Can WV III, arid
  29. Forbear to WVill, or ele he cannot do, and Forbear to do. T here
  30. is no doubt a man ean Willone thine or orher and forbear ro will it.
  31. For men is they beamale are almayes milline one thine or other.
  32. But put the case a manhas a trill to day to du a certain Action to
  33. morrom, is he sure ee have the same Will comorrom rhen heis 10
  34. do it? Ishe free to day to chuse to morrons ill? This is it rhats
  35. nov in question, and elis Arsument maketh nochins fortse affir-
  36. mative or necarive.
  37. (h) FBNE Wwe difser wloly aboue che Fsch Boint. HC wto
  38. conceires Liberry ariohe, conceires boch a Liberry in the subject
  39. EONNIII Or HOCEO WIII, and a Liberer ro the obsect EO Will
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 310. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0310?run=74