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Full Idea
There can be natural rewards and punishments without a law-maker; intemperance, for instance, is punished by illness.
Gist of Idea
There are natural rewards and punishments, like illness after over-indulgence
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 1.02)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'New Essays on Human Understanding', ed/tr. Remnant/Bennett [CUP 1996], p.96
A Reaction
Hm. Maybe if it didn't result in illness it wouldn't be labelled as 'intemperance'. Why isn't studying philosophy all day long classed as intemperance?