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Single Idea 5606

[from 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Immanuel Kant, in 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation ]

Full Idea

Are freedom and natural necessity contradictory in an action? We have shown that freedom can relate to conditions of a kind entirely different from those in natural necessity, so each is independent of the other.

Gist of Idea

Freedom and natural necessity do not contradict, as they relate to different conditions

Source

Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B585/A557)

Book Reference

Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Pure Reason', ed/tr. Guyer,P /Wood,A W [CUO 1998], p.545


A Reaction

I'm not sure I understand this, but I suspect that it means that a serious case of kleptomania while never provide even the hint of an excuse for a minor theft. We're all free, and that's that. I am dubious.