Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaximander, Aristotle and Ren Descartes
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will
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A human being fathers his own actions as he fathers his children [Aristotle]
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Our 'will' just consists of the feeling that when we are motivated to do something, there are no external pressures [Descartes]
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Our free will is so self-evident to us that it must be a basic innate idea [Descartes]
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Aristotle never discusses free will [Aristotle, by MacIntyre]
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For an action to be 'free', it must be deliberate as well as unconstrained [Aristotle, by Leibniz]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 3. Constraints on the will
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The more reasons that compel me, the freer I am [Descartes]
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A man is the cause of what is within his power, and what he causes is in his power [Aristotle]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 4. For Free Will
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Only a human being can be a starting point for an action [Aristotle]
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We have inner awareness of our freedom [Descartes]
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My capacity to make choices with my free will extends as far as any faculty ever could [Descartes]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
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Aristotle assesses whether people are responsible, and if they are it was voluntary [Aristotle, by Zagzebski]
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