Free Will, Consciousness, Identity (Identity)
by xeno6696 
, Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 03:05 (4518 days ago) @ dhw
After having this topic recently rear its head several times, I find myself returning to, and agreeing with Nietzsche, as stated in a recent post to George:-The question of free will IS purely irrelevant. Because it is a fact that we cannot will more than one thing at a time. -Nietzsche's implicit acceptance of this Schopenhauer concept coupled with his incisive critique of Causa sui sums everything up perfectly:-Strength is the key question in regards to will. And if our will is truly free, than the free will--which is constrained to one item at a time--isn't really free. Because at any one time, only one object can be the focus of attention. -If our will is NOT free: We are still limited to only one thing at a time. If we choose, or don't choose what to "will," you're limited to one thing, either way.-Therefore, the question is null on both sides. The question of free will is irrelevant.
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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"
\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"
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