Determinism Quotes

182 quotes by 127 authors

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism. — Terry Eagleton
For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrasting histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti provide a useful antidote. Yes, environmental… — Jared Diamond
Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will. — Matt Ridley
When we think about the present, we veer wildly between the belief in chance and the evidence in favour of determinism. When we think about… — Michel Houellebecq
Choice is the keynote of self-determinism. To determine anything, you must have the choice to determine. Choice to determine means that you must have the… — L. Ron Hubbard
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out… — Abraham Lincoln
Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them. In other words,… — Viktor E. Frankl
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others… — Nelson Mandela
Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything. — Sherwood Anderson
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. — Leon Joseph Suenens
Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws. — Charles Darwin
The initial configuration of the universe may have been chosen by God, or it may itself have been determined by the laws of science. In… — Stephen Hawking
Science is unflinchingly deterministic, and it has begun to force its determinism into morals. On some shining tomorrow a psychoanalyst may be put into the… — H. L. Mencken
The metaphysical doctrine of determinism simply asserts that all events in this world are fixed, or unalterable, or predetermined. It does not assert that they… — Karl Popper
The first dogma which I came to disbelieve was that of free will. It seemed to me that all notions of matter were determined by… — Bertrand Russell
A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills. — Arthur Schopenhauer
In the mind there is no absolute or free will; but the mind is determined to wish this or that by a cause, which has… — Baruch Spinoza
Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism. — George W. Romney
To those of us who remained committed mainly to the exploration of moral distinctions and ambiguities, the feminist analysis may have seemed a particularly narrow… — Joan Didion

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