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" ... righteousness.' If, then, our organisms, with all their tendencies and capacities, are given to us without our being consulted ; and if, while capable of acting within certain limits in accordance with our wishes, we are not masters of the circumstances... "
British Farmer's Magazine - Page 308
1877
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The Fortnightly, Volume 28

1877 - 900 pages
...wishes, we are not masters of the circumstances in which motives and wishes originate ; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions — in what...these actions be said to be the result of free- will ? Here, again, we are confronted with the question of moral responsibility, which it is desirable to...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 145-146

1878 - 646 pages
...wishes, we are not masters of the circumstances in which motives and wishes originate ; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions — in what...sense can these actions be said to be the result of freewill ?' Now there is an obvious extravagance in the opening statement of this passage that ' the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 145

1878 - 596 pages
...wishes, we are not masters of the circumstances in which motives and wishes originate ; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions — in what...sense can these actions be said to be the result of free-will ? ' • Now there is an obvious extravagance in the opening statement of this passage that...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volumes 7-12

1878 - 616 pages
...wishes, we are not masters of the circumstances in which motives and wishes originate; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions — in what sense can these actions be said to.be the result of free-will? Here, again, we are confronted with the question of moral responsibility...
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Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and ..., Volume 2

John Tyndall - 1879 - 474 pages
...wishes, we are not masters of the circumstances in which motives and wishes originate; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions — in what...sense can these actions be said to be the result of free-will ? Here, again, we are confronted with the question of moral responsibility, which, as it...
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Freedom of the Will

William Taylor (of Windermere.) - 1881 - 232 pages
...and their present motives and wishes now passing forth into actions. " If," s&ya Dr. Tyndall, "our motives and wishes determine our actions, in what sense can these actions be the results of free will ? " Yes ; or in what sense can any man be responsible for them? If this theory...
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Why Does Man Exist?: The Continuation and Conclusion of Whence Comes Man?

Arthur John Bell - 1890 - 498 pages
...... we are not masters of the circumstances in which wishes and motives originate; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions, — in what sense can these actions be said to be free ? " There seems to be only one possible reply. They cannot be free at all. Sir William Hamilton...
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Fragments of Science: a Series of Detached Essays, Addresses and ..., Volume 2

John Tyndall - 1892 - 508 pages
...wishes, we are not masters of the circumstances in which motives and wishes originate; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions — in what...sense can these actions/ be said to be the result of free-will ? Here, again, we are confronted with the question of moral responsibility, which, as it...
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Fragments of Science ...

John Tyndall - 1894 - 470 pages
...wishes, we are not masters of the circumstances in which motives and wishes originate; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions — in what...sense can these actions be said to be the result of free-will ? Here, again, we are confronted with the question of moral responsibility, which, as it...
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Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and ..., Volume 2

John Tyndall - 1897 - 474 pages
...which motives and wishes originate; if, finally, our motives and wishes determine our actions—in what sense can these actions be said to be the result of free-will ? Here, again, we are confronted with the question of moral responsibility, which, as it...
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