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Full Idea
People try to safeguard God's freedom, as though it were not freedom of the highest sort to act in perfection following sovereign reason.
Gist of Idea
People argue for God's free will, but it isn't needed if God acts in perfection following supreme reason
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Discourse on Metaphysics [1686], §03)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Essays', ed/tr. Arlew,R /Garber,D [Hackett 1989], p.37