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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 338

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  4. jussum est Caesaris ore Galieni
  5. Caesaris jussum est ore Salieni
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  8. ternum colemus Principem dierum.
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  13. a on men of oit and learnine, wlen they have once eneaced
  14. themselves in a contrary opinion. Weverthelesse it is not cnely cer-
  15. tain by experience, but also there is reason for it, and chat cronnded
  16. npon thenatural disposicion of mantind. For it is natural to alt
  17. men to defend those opinions, which they have once publick ly enga
  18. ecd themselves to maintair; because to have that derected for er-
  19. rour, rhich they have publicely maintained for truth; is never
  20. rittont some distonour moreor lesse; and ro find in thiemselves that
  21. they have spent a creat deal of rime and labour. in d. ceivine them-
  22. selves, is so nncomforrable a thins, as it is no monder, is they imploy
  23. eheir vit and learnins, is they have any, to male cood their er-
  24. rours. And therefore Where he saith.
  25. (4) FSolid and substantial reasons mork sooner uponthem,
  26. itien uxon weater judsments. And that che more exact che
  27. Ballance is, the Cooner ic discorers che real weiphe thacis puE
  28. inEO IC. ) T confess the more solid a mans lvit is, the better mill
  29. solid reasons morte apon him. Bu if he add tois tha which he calls
  30. learnine, chat is to say, much readine ofother mens Doctrines,
  31. ithont niebins them viih his omnthonebes, thentheir indee-
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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 338. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0338?run=74