16.10.2024
Some philosophers believe that free will is real, and determinism is not real, they are called metaphysical libertarians. Essentially, they believe that free will includes everything compatibilists believe it includes, but they also believe that our choices must be undetermined in order to be free. Some believe that free choices stem from quantum events in the brain, some believe that mind is a [...]
16.10.2024
The providence of the Deity appears not immediately in any operation, but governs everything by those general and immutable laws, which have been established from the beginning of time. All events, in one sense, may be pronounced the action of the Almighty. They all proceed from those powers with which he has endowed his creatures. A house which falls by its own weight, is not brought to ruin by [...]
16.10.2024
If suicide be criminal, it must be a transgression of our duty either to God, our neighbour, or ourselves. . I may add that though death alone can put a full period to his misery, he dares not fly to this refuge, but still prolongs a miserable existence from a vain fear lest he offend his Maker by using the power with which that beneficent being has endowed him. The presents of God and [...]
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