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  2. Free will - Wikipedia

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    The problem of free will has been identified in ancient Greek philosophical literature. The notion of compatibilist free will has been attributed to both Aristotle (4th century BCE) and Epictetus (1st century CE): "it was the fact that nothing hindered us from doing or choosing something that made us have control over them".

  3. FreeWill - Wikipedia

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    FreeWill Co is a company whose website, FreeWill.com, has online software which helps people write wills for free and make charitable contributions, and it reports each person's planned bequests to charities which pay subscription fees. [1] It also helps people write advance healthcare directives [2] and living trusts in California. [3]

  4. Free will in antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Free will in antiquity is a philosophical and theological concept. Free will in antiquity was not discussed in the same terms as used in the modern free will debates, but historians of the problem have speculated who exactly was first to take positions as determinist, libertarian, and compatibilist in antiquity. [1]

  5. Freewill (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Freewill" is the second track on the 1980 album Permanent Waves by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. The song's music was composed by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson , and its lyrics written by Neil Peart . [ 1 ]

  6. Will (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    This is related to the following points on free will: [3] Does man have free-will? (Yes.) What is free-will—a power, an act, or a habit? (A power.) If it is a power, is it appetitive or cognitive? (Appetitive.) If it is appetitive, is it the same power as the will, or distinct? (The same, with contingencies).

  7. Free will in theology - Wikipedia

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    Jewish philosophy stresses that free will is a product of the intrinsic human soul, using the word neshama (from the Hebrew root n.sh.m. or .נ.ש.מ meaning "breath"), but the ability to make a free choice is through Yechida (from Hebrew word "yachid", יחיד, singular), the part of the soul that is united with God, [citation needed] the only being that is not hindered by or dependent on ...

  8. Free Will Baptist - Wikipedia

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    In 1702, a disorganized group of General Baptists in Carolina wrote a request for help to the General Baptist Association in England. Though no help was forthcoming, Paul Palmer, whose wife Johanna was the stepdaughter of Benjamin Laker, founded the first "Free Will" Baptist church in Chowan, North Carolina in 1727.

  9. Neuroscience of free will - Wikipedia

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    The neuroscience of free will encompasses two main fields of study: volition and agency. Volition, the study of voluntary actions, is difficult to define. [citation needed] If human actions are considered as lying along a spectrum based on conscious involvement in initiating the actions, then reflexes would be on one end, and fully voluntary actions would be on the other. [17]