"Monadology" - читать интересную книгу автора (Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm)

destroyed and renewed by natural means at the very time when the
government of spirits requires it, for the punishment of some and
the reward of others. (Theod. 18 sqq., 110, 244, 245, 340.)

89. It may also be said that God as Architect satisfies in all
respects God as Lawgiver, and thus that sins must bear their penalty
with them, through the order of nature, and even in virtue of the
mechanical structure of things; and similarly that noble actions
will attain their rewards by ways which, on the bodily side, are
mechanical, although this cannot and ought not always to happen
immediately.

90. Finally, under this perfect government no good action would be
unrewarded and no bad one unpunished, and all should issue in the
well-being of the good, that is to say, of those who are not
malcontents in this great state, but who trust in Providence, after
having done their duty, and who love and imitate, as is meet, the
Author of all good, finding pleasure in the contemplation of His
perfections, as is the way of genuine 'pure love,' which takes
pleasure in the happiness of the beloved. This it is which leads
wise and virtuous people to devote their energies to everything
which appears in harmony with the presumptive or antecedent will of
God, and yet makes them content with what God actually brings to
pass by His secret, consequent and positive [decisive] will,
recognizing that if we could sufficiently understand the order of
the universe, we should find that it exceeds all the desires of the
wisest men, and that it is impossible to make it better than it is,
not only as a whole and in general but also for ourselves in
particular, if we are attached, as we ought to be, to the Author of
all, not only as to the architect and efficient cause of our being,
but as to our master and to the final cause, which ought to be the
whole aim of our will, and which can alone make our happiness. (Theod.
134, 278. Pref. [E. 469; G. vi. 27, 28].)

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