[lit-ideas] Re: The Institution of Slavery and the Concept of Free Will
- From: jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:47:57 -0400
Geary asks:
Is the physical world strictly determined?
This was partly Epictetus´s problem. For those who know Greek, they
should be amused that what Epictetus said, in Greek, was:
"You will twist my leg."
His master did eventually twist Epictetus's leg. Epictetus commented,
"I told you you would twist my leg."
Epictetus held that the physical world was strictly determined. He
said, ironically, that he had "free" will. This offended a few.
And so on.
Cheers,
J. L. Speranza
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