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Corliss Lamont
American
Philosopher
Born:
Mar 28
,
1902
Died:
Apr 26
,
1995
Choice
Conduct
Free
Freedom
Intuition
Men
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True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.
Corliss Lamont
Freedom
Character
Independence
Outside
Self
True
True Character
True Freedom
Altogether
Subject
According
Capacity
Acting
Coercion
The intuition of free will gives us the truth.
Corliss Lamont
Truth
Will
Free
Free Will
Intuition
Gives
Us
Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.
Corliss Lamont
Crest
Constitute
Ongoing
Never
Advancing
Surging
Front
Human
Movement
Stops
Human Beings
Actions
Beings
Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.
Corliss Lamont
Knowledge
Philosophers
Intuition
Does
Itself
Cannot
Psychologists
Amount
Disregarded
Most men, I am convinced, have an unmistakable feeling at the final moment of significant choice that they are making a free decision, that they can really decide which one of two or more roads to follow.
Corliss Lamont
Decision
Men
Free
Feeling
Final
Unmistakable
Significant
Follow
More
Roads
Most
Making
Am
Decide
Which
Really
Choice
Convinced
Moment
Two
The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.
Corliss Lamont
Ethics
Willing
Various
Courses
Conduct
Central
Realm
Act
Choosing
Among
The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.
Corliss Lamont
Nature
Else
Our
Determining
Inescapable
Brains
Just
Anywhere
Anywhere Else
The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.
Corliss Lamont
Creative
Possesses
Restricted
Genuine
Prior
However
Conditioned
Effects
Dynamic
Initiative
Present
Presents
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