ôin either case, whether he partakes of the water, or whether he does not, the two actions will be equally necessary; they will be the effect of that motive which finds itself most puissant; which consequently acts in the most coercive manner upon his willö (419).
MS. You are conflating an issue of physical survival--which has to do with the laws of nature and the human organismÆs need for water--with moral choice. A drink of water, except in a condition in extremis, does not rise to the level of moral choice, and any situation in which it does will involve not a shelf of motives floating in a sea of necessity but competing wills.
PH. You are deliberately misunderstanding me. I am saying that natural law is indeed working on the (illusory) will of man and determining his behavior. The individual responds to the force of such law as a motive power. Just because you may not be able to identify the source of the manÆs decision does not mean there isnÆt one. You must ôrecur[] back [and] . . . perceive[] the multiplied, the compl
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