The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.
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The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.
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Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.
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True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.
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The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.
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Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.
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