Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.religion Subject: Re: More levels of explanation and definitions of free Message-ID: <1384@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 11:42:09 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1384 Posted: Fri Aug 2 11:42:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Aug-85 10:34:48 EDT References: <1276@pyuxd.UUCP> <2145@pucc-h> <1313@pyuxd.UUCP> <10769@rochester.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.philosophy:2163 net.religion:7313 >>I cannot decide to want to want to eat apricots, no more than you can decide >>to want to like people if you don't. New experiences might change that, but >>it is not a matter of "will". >> Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr > Thats funny, I have decided to want things and modified my desires > accordingly several times. Its easy if you know how. Does that mean > that my will is more free than yours? > -David Sher You "decided to want" them? Or you already wanted them but had a distaste for the process of acquiring them and overcame the distaste? Examples? -- Anything's possible, but only a few things actually happen. Rich Rosen pyuxd!rlr