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Originally Posted by roachboy
i don't see anything cynical about it.
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I say "cynical" because Spinoza's (and your) view of human free will seeks to break it down to its most base elements, thereby making it inconsequential and even nonexistent. The word "cynical" implies a low opinion of humanity as well as a disbelief in the sincerity and worthiness of human motives. And what is more cynical, what is more lowly thinking about humanity, than believing that one of the greatest – if not
the greatest – qualities of human beings, i.e. free will, is actually an illusion, a fallacy?
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Originally Posted by roachboy
"free will" is a quaint way of denoting playing probabilities.
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Next you'll be telling us "love" is just a chemical reaction in the brain.
