Quotes by Maistre, Joseph De

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It can even come about that a created will cancels out, not perhaps th >>

Quotations about Free Will

It can even come about that a created will cancels out, not perhaps th >>

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It can even come about that a created will cancels out, not perhaps the exertion, but the result of divine action; for in this sense, God himself has told us that God wishes things which do not happen because man does not wish them! Thus the rights of men are immense, and his greatest misfortune is to be unaware of them.

Maistre, Joseph De