“Given a force acted upon by certain other forces, and the result is as good as mathematically sure. Men, like trees, grow according to their nature and their circumstances …. Freewill is only force, and all force is determined, first automatically, that is by its own law or nature, and action of other forces.”—Infanti Perduti, Edinburgh Essays.

“All force in action is what we call free, but all force must be determined to action which is what we call necessity-A man does not stand distinct from nature but in it: the forcewhich his will represents comes not entirely from without, nor is it generated Solelywithin; it is the result of the action of a certain organization upon outer forces, a development of force into a higher manifestation according to fundamental laws of the universe.”