 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1862 - 708 lapas
...surprised at his defini- Liberty tion of liberty. " That thing is to be called free which exists necessity. from the necessity of its own nature alone, and is determined to action by itself alone. A necessary thing, on the other hand, »r rather that which exists under force, is determined by another... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1873 - 744 lapas
...surprised at his defini- Liberty tion of liberty. " That thing is to be called free which exists necessity. from the necessity of its own nature alone, and is determined to action by itself alone. A necessary thing, on the other hand, or rather that which exists under force, is determined by another... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1882 - 744 lapas
...surprised at his defini- Liberty tion of liberty. " That thing is to be called free which exists necessity. from the necessity of its own nature alone, and is determined to action by itself alone. A necessary thing, on the other hand, or rather that which exists under force, is determined by another... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - 1883 - 354 lapas
...is absolutely infinite pertains whatever expresses essence and involves no negation. VII. That thing is called free which exists from the necessity of...to existence and action in a fixed and prescribed manner. VIII. By eternity, I understand existence itself, so far as it is conceived necessarily to... | |
 | Alfred Caldecott, Hugh Ross Mackintosh - 1904 - 506 lapas
...necessity of His own nature (Prop. XVI.). And so (by Def. 7, of freedom : A thing is free which acts from necessity of its own nature alone, and is determined to action by itself alone : a thing is necessitated, or rather compelled, which is determined by some other thing to action and... | |
 | Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) - 1927 - 496 lapas
...points out, in total absence of determination, but in absence of determination from without. "That thing is called free which exists from the necessity of...alone, and is determined to action by itself alone" (I, def. vii; p. 95). "It follows .... that God alone is a free cause; for God alone exists from the... | |
 | 1927 - 506 lapas
...points out, in total absence of determination, but in absence of determination from without. "That thing is called free which exists from the necessity of...alone, and is determined to action by itself alone" (I, def. vii; p. 95). "It follows .... that God alone is a free cause; for Qod alone exists from the... | |
 | 1927 - 506 lapas
...points out, in total absence of determination, but in absence of determination from without. "That thing is called free which exists from the necessity of...alone, and is determined to action by itself alone" (I, def. vii; p. 95). "It follows .... that God alone is a free cause; for God alone exists from the... | |
 | Jay Newman - 1991 - 249 lapas
...famous of all writers on the subject of freedom. Early in the Ethics, Spinoza announces that "That thing is called free which exists from the necessity of...alone and is determined to action by itself alone." 45 This remarkable definition leads Spinoza to conclude that only God is free and that human beings... | |
 | Binyamin Ish Shalom - 1993 - 382 lapas
...Safah Mitos 'Emunot, pp. 91-92. 238. Compare B. Spinoza, Ethics, Part I, Definition VII: "That thing is called free which exists from the necessity of...alone and is determined to action by itself alone." In other words, substance alone, that is, God, is free, for He alone is His own cause (ibid., Definition... | |
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That thing is called free which exists from the necessity of its own nature alone, and is determined to action by itself alone. That thing, on the other hand, is called necessary, or rather compelled, which by another is determined to existence and action... 
