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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 3. Constraints on the will

[even if the will is free, it is compelled in some ways]

7 ideas
A man is the cause of what is within his power, and what he causes is in his power [Aristotle]
Stoics expanded the idea of compulsion, and contracted what counts as one's own actions [Stoic school, by Frede,M]
Not even Zeus can control what I choose [Epictetus]
If we saw something as totally and utterly good, we would be compelled to will it [Aquinas]
The more reasons that compel me, the freer I am [Descartes]
A willed action needs reasonable understanding of what is to be done [Reid]
Freedom involves acting according to an idea [Anscombe]