File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1998/nietzsche.9806, message 12


From: Tristich-AT-aol.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:19:55 EDT
Subject: Re: freedom of will


In a message dated 98-06-16 11:10:58 EDT, scottt-AT-aih.org writes:

> cornets wrote:
>  >Can anybody please tell me why according to FN there is no such thing as
>  >freedom of the will, or direct me to some of the available on-line texts
>  >where he points this out? For some odd reason I always find myself
>  without
>  >words when people - especially religious people - state that there is.
>  It's
>  >very frustrating to not be able to respond to a simple question such as:
>  >'well, you *do* have a choice, don't you?' I would like to deny that
>  with a
>  >sound argument in less than 10 words. Thank you all.

Ten words? Although Nietzsche was never overly verbose, ten words to negate
free will may be pushing it.  But there are these ten from Daybreak §120:

"Mankind has in all ages confused the active and [the] passive . . ." (he goes
on) "it is their everlasting grammatical blunder."

Fritz


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