 | Methodist Church - 1846 - 670 pages
...necessity asserts that human volitions and actions are necessary and inevitable. The opposite tenet maintains that the will is not determined, like other phenomena, by antecedents, by motives, but determines itself; " that our volitions are not, properly speaking, the effects of... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1843 - 648 pages
...at least as far back as the time of Pelagius, has divided both the philosophical and the religious world. The affirmative opinion is commonly called...actions to be necessary and inevitable. The negative main-f tains that the will is not determined, like other phenomena, by antecedents, but determines... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 630 pages
...at least as far back as the time of Pelagius, has divided both the philosophical and the religious world. The affirmative opinion is commonly called...and inevitable. The negative maintains that the will ia not determined, like other phenomena, by antecedents, but determines itself; that our volitions... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1846 - 668 pages
...necessity asserts that human volitions and actions are necessary and inevitable. The opposite tenet maintains that the will is not determined, like other phenomena, by antecedents, by motives, but determines itself; " that our volitions are not, properly speaking, the effects of... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1854 - 580 pages
...from at least as far back as the time of Pelagins, has divided both the philosophical and religious world. The affirmative opinion is commonly called...be necessary and inevitable. The negative maintains tliat the will is not determined like other phenomena by an antecedent, but determines itself. I have... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1859 - 632 pages
...at least as far back as the time of Pelagius, has divided both the philosophical and the religious world. The affirmative opinion is commonly called...volitions and actions to be necessary and inevitable. Tho negative maintains that the will is not determined, like other phenomena, by antecedents, but determines... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1865 - 580 pages
...at least as far buck as the time of Pelagius, has divided both the philosophical and the religious world. The affirmative opinion is commonly called...phenomena, by antecedents, but determines itself; th.it our volitions are not, properly speaking, the effects of causes, or at least have no causes which... | |
 | Henry Travis - Free will and determinism - 1865 - 206 pages
...foundation, is simply the denial of this, or, as Mr. Mill says in continuation, is the maintaining " that -' the will is not determined, like other phenomena, by " antecedents, but determines itself." This is not a very fair statement of the Libertarian view. The intelligent Libertarian would scarcely... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1881 - 674 pages
...at least as far back as the time of Pelagius, has divided both the philosophical and the religious world. The affirmative opinion is commonly called...asserting human volitions and actions to be necessary and in-0 cvitable. The negative maintains thiftHho will is not determined, like other phenomena, by antecedents,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1884 - 660 pages
...at least as far back as the time of Pelagius, has divided both the philosophical and the religious world. The affirmative opinion is commonly called...antecedents, but [ determines itself ; that our volitions j arenot, properly speaking, the effectsof I causes, or at leasthave no causes which they uniformly... | |
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THE question, whether the law of causality applies in the same strict sense to human actions as to other phenomena, is the celebrated controversy concerning the freedom of the will.- which, from at least as far back as the time of Pelagius, has divided... 
