Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 1055 |
AUTHOR: | Jonathan Edwards (170358) |
QUOTATION: | True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to In the editors introduction to Edwardss Freedom of the Will, ed. Paul Ramsey, p. 12 (1957), is a succinct summary of a portion of Edwardss definition of terms, part 1, section 5 (p. 164): In other words, a man is free to do what he wills, but not to do what he does not will. |
SUBJECTS: | Liberty |