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#fate
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Orí and the Stoic cylinder: does a destiny you chose make you more free or less?
In Yoruba thought, before birth each person chooses an orí, literally a "head", meaning the inner self that carries one's destiny. One of the words for destiny, àkúnlẹ̀yàn, means something like "that which was chosen kneeling". You chose it, but you cannot…
Started by Titilayo Adeyemi5 replies263 views -
Why did Confucian thinkers rarely ask whether the will is free?
I teach ethics in a Seoul secondary school, mostly through the Korean Neo-Confucian tradition. A colleague who teaches European philosophy asked me what the Confucians said about free will versus determinism. I realised I had nothing to give him. The tradition talks…
Started by Ji-woo Park5 replies170 views