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Freedom of the will (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠often sought out in reason, that is, at the very point where one is most securely chained, like a silkworm seeking its freedom of will in spinning.

The Freedom of the will (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the wrongheaded attempt to bear the entire and ultimate responsibility for one's actions oneself, and to absolve God, the world, ancestors, chance, and society therefrom. Such a ridiculous desire is akin to pulling oneself up into existence by the hair, out of the swamps of nothingness.

Freedom of the will (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when one's ruling thought is to make another year, not to have escaped from the yoke.

Freedom of the will (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠essentially the feeling of supremacy over him who must obey. I am free. He must obey. This consciousness is inherent in every exercise of will.

Freedom of the will (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the expression for the complex state of delight of the person exercising volition, who commands and at the same time identifies himself with the executor of the order.

Freedom of the will (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠essentially the affect of superiority over the one who must obey: "I am free, 'he' must obey."