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A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
It would seem that if determinism is true then we do not have free will. And yet . . . we feel free. We feel like we make choices.
Free Will Explained
Dan Barker
Charles Goodhart, the principle states, “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
Atomic Habits
James Clear
The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure. Suffering ceases for him who is pure. There could be no object in burning gold after the dross had been removed, and a perfectly pure and enlightened being could not suffer.
As a Man Thinketh
James Allen
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