...himself; and against his will is obliged patiently to brook the insult he has received. The partisans of the system of free agency appear ever to have confounded...motive which causes him to will, is always necessary and independent of himself. A prisoner loaded with chains is compelled to remain in prison ; but he...

...necessary? Determinists deny that it does. Baron Holbach observes that "partisans of the system of free will appear ever to have confounded constraint with necessity."...he acts as a free agent, every time he does not see anything that places obstacles to his actions; he does not perceive that the motive which causes him...