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It is said: that in consequence of an idea to which the mind gives birth, man acts freely if he encounters no obstacle. But the question is, what gives birth to this idea in his brain? was he the master either to prevent it from presenting itself, or...

The System of Nature, Or, Laws of the Moral and Physical World - Page 94
by Paul Henri Thiry Holbach (baron d') - 1835 - 368 pages
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Nature, and Her Laws: As Applicable to the Happiness of Man, Living in ...

Paul Henri Thiry Holbach (baron d') - Materialism - 1834 - 320 pages

...motive by which his will is determined ; he will always find this motive is out of his own control. It is said, that in consequence of an idea, to which...whatever, from giving him an idea of this object; from moving his brain ? He is not more master of the obstacles ; they are the necessary effects of...

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