freier Wille

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯ɐ ˈvɪlə/
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Noun

freier Wille m (weak, definite nominative der freie Wille, genitive (des) freien Willens, no plural)

  1. free will
    • 1983, Rainald Goetz, Irre, published 1986, →ISBN, page 15:
      [] In einer von falschem Bewußtsein bestimmten Praxis seines durchaus freien Willens hat der Irre den Wahn gewählt, er will also den Wahnsinn, um sich den Geboten von Kapital und Staat fügen zu können, indem er von den Ansprüchen der bürgerlichen Welt auf Tauglichkeit ihrer Mitglieder einfach sich dispensiert.
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