[Avodah] ain Od Milvado v. Bechira

[David Riceman]

On 4/29/2011 11:11 AM, Zev Sero wrote:
> On 29/04/2011 9:31 AM, David Riceman wrote:
>
>> What they seem to have in common is their way of harmonizing absolutist
>> determinism with free will: free will consists exclusively in assenting
>> to the inevitable
>
> Except, of course, that you don't *know* it's inevitable, and that
> nothing *makes* you consent to it.  You're free to choose otherwise,
> but you never do.
I don't understand your point.  How does this differ in Spinoza and in 
Hassidus? In both schools you naively don't realize it, but by assiduous 
study you can come to realize it.

David Riceman