Corliss Lamont Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

It makes no more sense to postulate a special brain-soul in order to account for the activities of the brain than to postulate a special stomach-soul in order to explain the functioning of the stomach or a special lung-soul to explain the phenomenon. - Corliss Lamont

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

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

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