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		mac01021 on Nov 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Philosophy Has Made Plenty of Progress "You can do what you want, but you can't want what you want." - Lawrence of Arabia

morea on Nov 5, 2018 [–]

That's very similar to Schopenhauer's view: "Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills."

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