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68 Perhaps Mons. Arnaud will not find this outline wholly unworthy of his consideration, especially since he has been somewhat occupied in the examination of these matters. If he finds obscurities I will explain myself sincerely and frankly, and if he finds me worthy indeed of his instruction I shall try to behave in such a way that he shall find no cause for being dissatisfied on that point. I beg Your Serene Highness to enclose this with the summary which I am sending and to forward them both to Mons. Arnaud.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCOURSE ON META-PHYSICS Concerning the divine perfection and that God does everything in the most desirable way. Against those who hold that there is in the works of God no goodness, or that the principles of goodness and beauty are arbitrary. Against those who think that God might have made things better than he has. That love for God demands on our part complete satisfaction with and acquiescence in that which he has done. In what the principles of the perfection of the divine conduct consist and that the simplicity of the means counterbalances the richness of the effects.  That God does nothing which is not orderly and that it is not even possible to conceive of events which are not regular. That miracles conform to the general order although they go against the subordinate 