The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 332

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2. arsumentum ducens ad impossibile, is a cood formof reason
3. ine; matine no difference, berveen absurdicies mhich are impessi-
4. bilities, and inconveniences, Whichare not onely possible but tre-
5. quent. Andrhonch ir be a qood form of reasonine to argue from
6. absurdities. Vet it es no geod formof reasonine, to areve from in-
7. conveniences; for inconvenience may stand well enouch with
8. erutB.
9. (6) (Buc let us viem his ArsumenE; I aman have Liberty
10. from necessitation, he may frustrate the Decrees of Cod, and malee
11. his Praescience talse. Thisis his Decree, chac manthould bea
12. Frec Asent. IFhe did consider C0d a5 a most simple Act wich
13. oue priority or posteriorier ofcime, or any composicion, he
14. vouldnoc conceire ofhiis Decrees, as lons lince enacted, bur
15. 25 Coexistent wich our selves.) Flere açain, he monld have me
16. conceive eterniey eo be Nunc Rans, thar is an instanc ofrime, ana
17. that instant of rime tobe God, Wvhich neicher he nor Jean conceive
18. nor can mithont impieey say, as he dothhere, that the Decrees of
19. Codare God; In nhich con (isteth all the rest ofhis Ansver eorhis
20. Number. savins chat he putreth in sometimes, thac ehe fore
21. tnomledee of Ciod producechnor necessier, hich is granced
22. him; but thar any thins can beforetnoion, which sall not necessa-
23. rilus come topasse, which Was nos granted, te proveth no orhermise
24. then by his assertion, chac erery instane ofcime is Cod; mhich is
25. denred him.
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28. since Ilast considered it. And P humbly beseech jour Lora-
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 332. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0332?run=74