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William James Quotes about Free Will

The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.

William James (2015). “Essays in Popular Philosophy: Top Essays”, p.58, 谷月社

The question of free will is insoluble on strictly psychological grounds.

William James (1984). “Psychology, Briefer Course”, p.391, Harvard University Press

The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence to fulminating nothing but fatal decrees.

William James (1956). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, and Human Immortality”, p.180, Courier Corporation