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From: gwhawkins@watrose.UUCP (gwhawkins)
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Subject: Re: I must exercise my free will !
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 11:45:25 EST
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To say that we are free from the will of others (deamons, G-ds, etc.)
seems to imply that we must also be free of the infuences of our
environment.  I feel that I am free to act as I please without DIRECT
coersion (sp?) from others. However, my wants and acts are dictated
by my environment and heredity.

Do you really want to be free?  The Taoists believe that the ultimate
goal in life is to be one with everything, perfect harmony of motion,
symbiosis (sp?).  How does this relate to freedom of will?

		larry fast (Universty of Waterloo)
		broadcasting from exile