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“In the mind there is no absolute or free will but the mind is determined to wish this or that by a cause which is likewise determined by another cause and this last by another and so on to infinity”

Baruch Spinoza

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Our thoughts and choices are not completely free but are influenced by other things, which are in turn influenced by even more things, continuing forever.

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Causality Cause and effect Determinism Free will Infinity Mind Philosophy Predestination Spinoza
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