"If the Moon, when it travels its eternal course around the Earth, were blessed with self-awareness, convinced that it is setting its course of its own good will... in the same way, a Being blessed with greater insight and more perfect intelligence, observing man and his actions, would smile at that human illusion that we act according to our own free will.
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If the Moon, when it travels its eternal course around the Earth, were blessed with self-awareness, convinced that it is setting its course of its own good will... in the same way, a Being blessed with greater insight and more perfect intelligence, observing man and his actions, would smile at that human illusion that we act according to our own free will.
""Ha a Hold, midőn bejárja örökkévaló pályáját a Föld körül, öntudattal volna megáldva, melyen meg volna győződve, hogy saját jószántából rója útját... ugyanígy egy Lény, aki nagyobb belátással és tökéletesebb intelligenciával volna megáldva, az embert és tetteit figyelve megmosolyogná azt az emberi illúziót, hogy a saját szabad akaratunk szerint cselekszünk."