Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!spar!ellis From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: Only 8 lines! (for a change!) Message-ID: <462@spar.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 05:55:58 EDT Article-I.D.: spar.462 Posted: Sun Aug 11 05:55:58 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 23:54:37 EDT References: <3518@decwrl.UUCP> <1174@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 16 Summary: In article <1174@umcp-cs.UUCP> flink@maryland.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) writes: >In article <3518@decwrl.UUCP> John Williams writes: >>1) Will implies a selection or a choice >> >>2) Free implies that the choice is arbitrary > >Stop right there! By what reasoning or evidence do you get 2)? > >--Paul V Torek OED - arbitrary: To be decided by one's liking; dependent on will or pleasure.. Seems reasonable enough to me. -michael