Show determinism LIMITS THE MIND by REV FATHER J ELLIOTT ROSS new york ja F ONE gets any value out of life it roust must be on the basis of personality IF sona soua sodality lity one must grasp the fundamental I 1 belief in tho the power of freedom if one tries to escape from human freedom as did william james the philosopher lie ho will land in a bog of pessimism I 1 have never known consistent determination I 1 have never read deterministic literature which has been consistent with intelligence you cant have determinism and freedom both and yet many of the determinists use tile the word freedom frequently if determinism really true it would produce a world of poop people ae who were determined actually it produces a world of people who are this makes life richer for us adds value to it gives us things which determinism could not possibly give us we ought ought to recognize and protect these things for life would be poor indeed with nn an outlook of complete determinism I 1 do not mean that we are absolutely free we are controlled by physical and hereditary laws we are governed too by social inheritance our conduct is governed by habits which we form some smoke cigar cigarettes ettea and others drink to excess our habits all limit our freedom there are in addition to all these restrictions pathological and normal limits but all these do not hinder there being a 0 doctrine of human freedom which is iq expressed in personality every one can havo have freedom of mind even the poorest people it il they avoid determinism |