Corliss Lamont Quotes

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.
Corliss Lamont

Freedom, True, Decisions

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.
Corliss Lamont

Freedom, Character, True

Most men, I am convinced, have an unmistakable feeling at the final moment of significant choice that they are making a free decision, that they can really decide which one of two or more roads to follow.
Corliss Lamont

Men, Feeling, Decision

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.
Corliss Lamont

Knowledge, Cannot, Intuition

Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.
Corliss Lamont

Human, Actions, Movement

The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.
Corliss Lamont

Act, Ethics, Willing

The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.
Corliss Lamont

Nature, Else, Brains

The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.
Corliss Lamont

Creative, Present, However

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.
Corliss Lamont

Truth, Free, Intuition

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Philosopher

Born: March 28, 1902

Died: April 26, 1995

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