Freedom is neither the absence of causes known as free will, nor the range of options known as free choice, but rather the capacity to act in concert with one's past to bring about a future not contained in it.
While it's true that what we do depends on what we are, to a certain extent it's also true that what we are depends on what we do. Like all living beings, we are ever in the process of self creation; the more we reason on what we do, the more complete becomes this creation of the self by the self.
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