The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 311
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- ehis, or chac, and a Liberry from impediments. T. II. By a new
- ay oF his oun cues oEehre Liberer os the subject, asit a Cone
- ivere tree toascend, or descend, because it hach no ourward
- impediment; And che Liberiy romards the objcet, asif etie neecle
- couched wich che L. Oad. sone vere Free ro poine cicher comards
- the Norch or couerds che Souch, Decause chereis noc a Bari-
- cado in ies Wav.) Flor does it appear that he who conceives Li
- berty arieht. conccives a Liberty in the subject to Will or nor
- torrill, antesse ho mean Liberty to do is herrill, or not to dois he
- Wil not, hich vas never denied? Or hom does it follon that astone
- is as freeto ascend, as descnd unlesse he proverhere is no ont vard
- impediment to ils ascent. irhich eannot be proved; for the con-
- trary is erne. Or hor provethhe, thac thero is no ommird impedi-
- ment to kecp that point of, he Load stone Which placeth ic self to-
- ward ehse Norih, from turnine tothe Southd Lis ienorance os the
- causes external is nt a sufficient areument thar chere are none.
- Indrhereas he saith, that accordine to n y definition of Liberiy
- aFEduk vere ac Liberey eo Ay vslien ler winss are piucke, DuE
- noc wtien chey are cyed. Tansser, that she is not at Liberry to
- Ay when her mines are tycd; bur to say. mhen her vines are pluckt,
- That se irantedrhe Liberty tosty, vere tospeate improperly and al-
- Suraly; for in that case, men that speate Lnelist use to say se can-
- not Aly. And for his reprehension of my attributine Lib. 2Ey 10
- bruce bealts, and rivers. L mould be elad to lenon whetherit be
- improher langnare ro say abird or beast, maybe set at Liberty
- fromthe cacc rhereinther vere mprisoned, or to say that a river
- which vas stopped, hath recovered its free course, and hom it
- follons, elat a beast or river recoverine this frecdome, must necds
- tberefo. e be capable oF sin and punistmene.
- (1) PThe reason For the sIxt poine, is liketheformer, a
- Phancastical or Imaginacire realon. TloW can a manimasine
- any thine robeein mithont a cause; or if ic Bould becin mithont a
- cause, nhy ic Bouldbecinat this time, rather then at chattime ?
- Ele saieh ervelz, nochins can besin wichour a caule, chacisto be,
- buc ie mas, becin to Aet oFic self wichouc any oetier cause. No-
- chins ean besin wichoue a cause, buc many chinss may becin
- Wicl.ou an-celtary cause)Fic cranteth nothine ean becin virhont
- acause es hehath grante d formerly that nothine can cause it sels.
- And
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 311. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0311?run=74