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Full Idea
Foreknowledge is what permits control.
Gist of Idea
Foreknowledge permits control
Source
Daniel C. Dennett (Elbow Room: varieties of free will [1984], §3.2)
Book Ref
Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Elbow Room - Free will worth wanting' [MIT 1999], p.54