Destiny is always a doorstep away, if we know to move in the right direction.
Cleverness have no meanings until you find the stupidity that teach you.
(n.) The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives.
The concept of Free Will makes no sense unless associated, somehow or the other, with Absolute Determinism; it is just as a man cannot walk without gravity arresting and spurring his pace simultaneous...
Which do you think is more valuable to humanity?a. Finding ways to tell humans that they have free will despite the incontrovertible fact that their actions are completely dictated by the laws of phys...
Thought isn't a form of energy. So how on Earth can it change material processes? That question has still not been answered.
Determinism gives you the freedom to do whatever you like.
Can't you see there's a determinism about the fate of nations? They all seem to get what they deserve in the long run.
Not the kind of person, who believes that it is best to believe, that what happened, happened as it should happen when things don't come as expected.
But recently I have learned from discussions with a variety of scientists and other non-philosophers (e.g., the scientists participating with me in the workshop on the future of naturalism) that they...
Free will, determinism, meaning, existence, etc. are academic problems, not problems in life.
Our desires are guided by what we believe to be good or bad; our beliefs are directed by our knowledge; our knowledge, in turn, is again a manipulation of our desires. Our Will, during this inexorable...
...if in the heat of the dispute he insists and asks, 'Am I not the master of throwing myself out of the window?' I shall answer him, no; that whilst he preserves his reason there is no probability th...
Life calls the tune, we dance.
Women, churchgoers, and conservative were more likely than men, nonchurch goers, and liberals to disagree with the reductionist (neural) account of human life.
They say your hardcore's not yours, and it's not fate. Nobody's gonna tell you what shit like that means.
What each individual wills is obstructed by everyone else, and what emerges is something that no one willed.
Losing a belief in free will has not made me fatalistic—in fact, it has increased my feelings of freedom. My hopes, fears, and neuroses seem less personal and indelible. There is no telling how much I...
You is not you until you see the path of your faith.
lchiyuken was a low class servant in the kitchen of Lord Takanobu. Because of some grudge he had over a matter of wrestling, he cut down seven or eight men and was hence ordered to commit suicide. But...
Is not an event in fact more significant and noteworthy the greater the number of fortuities necessary to bring it about? ... Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day...
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