“There’s no free will,” says the philosopher;
“To hang is most unjust.”
“There is no free will,” assents the officer;
“We hang because we must.”
-- Ambrose Bierce
In the same vein—previously, on “Rationality Quotes”:
“It’s my fate to steal,” pleaded the man who had been caught red-handed by Diogenes. “Then it is also your fate to be beaten,” said Diogenes, hitting him across the head with his staff.
“It’s my fate to steal,” pleaded the man who had been caught red-handed by Diogenes.
“Then it is also your fate to be beaten,” said Diogenes, hitting him across the head with his staff.
“There’s no free will,” says the philosopher;
“To hang is most unjust.”
“There is no free will,” assents the officer;
“We hang because we must.”
-- Ambrose Bierce
In the same vein—previously, on “Rationality Quotes”: