We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and…

Alan Watts
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We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision. But if a decision itself were voluntary every decision would have to be preceded by a decision to decide - An infinite regression which fortunately does not occur. Oddly enough, if we had to decide to decide, we would not be free to decide ✨ Alan Watts (1989). The way of Zen, Vintage
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