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“I do not know that I am not willing freely (I do not know what I do), but I nonetheless do it.”
― Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
― Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
“The first imperative of true belief is thus the following: Love only someone who makes you anxious!”
― Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
― Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
“Through fatalism one affirms the impossible possibility that true freedom is possible, although
there is no objective guarantee (neither in me nor in the world) for it. Simply put, only a fatalist can be free. This is because there is nothing to hope for, there is nothing to rely on, and there
is nothing in our power. But this helps us avoid falling for the trap of acting as if we were free. What we can thus derive from Descartes is a second principle of a contemporary provisional morality: Act as if you were not free!”
― Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
there is no objective guarantee (neither in me nor in the world) for it. Simply put, only a fatalist can be free. This is because there is nothing to hope for, there is nothing to rely on, and there
is nothing in our power. But this helps us avoid falling for the trap of acting as if we were free. What we can thus derive from Descartes is a second principle of a contemporary provisional morality: Act as if you were not free!”
― Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
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