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Page 86
... consists in a power to suspend the act of the Will , and so to keep it in a state of Indifference , until there has been oppor- tunity for consideration ; and so shall say that , however In- difference is not essential to Liberty in ...
... consists in a power to suspend the act of the Will , and so to keep it in a state of Indifference , until there has been oppor- tunity for consideration ; and so shall say that , however In- difference is not essential to Liberty in ...
Page 87
... consists . And now the forementioned diffi- culties remain : The former question returns upon us , viz . Wherein consists the freedom of the Will in those acts wherein it is free ? And if this act of determining a suspen- sion be the ...
... consists . And now the forementioned diffi- culties remain : The former question returns upon us , viz . Wherein consists the freedom of the Will in those acts wherein it is free ? And if this act of determining a suspen- sion be the ...
Page 88
... consists in the act in question ; instead of that , it supposes it does not consist in that act , but in another distinct from it , even a Vo- lition to suspend that act , and take time to consider it . And no account is pretended to be ...
... consists in the act in question ; instead of that , it supposes it does not consist in that act , but in another distinct from it , even a Vo- lition to suspend that act , and take time to consider it . And no account is pretended to be ...
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