The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 313
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- plicdbythe caster, the posture fthe prrs ofthe Table, and ihe
- like; in sum, th re Was not ine mancins chat mas necessarity
- requ’sire ro the producine of thar particular cast, and consequently,
- that cast mas necessarily throion. For iit had noc bcen throvon,
- th. re had manted somenhat r. quiire tothe thro: in ot il, and so
- the cause had not becn srfficient. In the lil ronner it maybe
- proved that cv ry other accident, bon contingent socver it secm, or
- h.W e lantary socver ic be, is produced nec. Parily; Which is that
- J. D. disentes acainst. The Came also may be proved inrhis
- minner, Let the case beput for example) of the meather, Tis ne-
- cessary etac comorron ic Mallrain, Or noc rain. Is thercsore
- il be not necessary it Ball rain, it is necessary it Ball rot rain.
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- has no m anins. An drhey miche as vell have said. Oncof them
- is erue Tyeyrice, but neitber os them Tupaculice.
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 313. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0313?run=74