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Arthur Schopenhauer

Essay on the Freedom of the Will

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  • Mikael Fischer Lassenmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    But in some cases it has been observed that a man, without being hindered by material obstacles, was restrained by mere motives—such as threats, promises, dangers, and the like—from acting in a way which, if these motives were absent, would have certainly expressed his will. Consequently, the question was raised whether such a man was still free, or whether the actions which express his actual will could really be checked and prevented just as effectively by a strong countermotive as by a physical obstacle.
  • Mikael Fischer Lassenmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    Accordingly, in this physical meaning of the concept of freedom, animals and men are called free when their actions are not hindered by any physical or material obstacles—such as fetters, or prison, or paralysis—but proceed in accordance with their will.
  • Mikael Fischer Lassenmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    Most frequently, however, we conceive of freedom as an attribute of animate beings, whose distinctive feature is the ability to originate movements from their own will, that is, voluntarily. Thus such movements are called free when no material obstacles prevent them.
  • Mikael Fischer Lassenmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    Physical freedom is the absence of material hindrances of any sort.
  • Mikael Fischer Lassenmembuat kutipan6 tahun yang lalu
    When carefully examined, this concept turns out to be negative. It signifies merely the absence of any hindrance and restraint.
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