| 单词 | free-willist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree-ˈwillist free-ˈwillist n. rare a believer in the doctrine of free will; a libertarian. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [noun] > one who holds the doctrine of free-willer1614 Frank-arbitrian1633 volent1768 libertarian1789 free-willist1867 1867 W. Bagehot in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 522 Every Freewillist holds that, upon the whole, if you strengthen the motive in a given direction, mankind tend more to act in that direction. 1899 W. James in Atlantic Monthly May 624/2 The free-willist believes the appearance to be a reality; the determinist believes that it is an illusion. 1905 Philos. Rev. 14 481 The notion that there have never been any other positions in philosophy than those of the Determinist and of the ‘Free-Willist’. 1991 R. W. B. Lewis Jameses iv. xvii. 559 He was a free-willist of long persuasion. < as lemmas |
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