Stoic Conversations 15

"I don't believe in free will."

"Sure you do. You decided what you believed, and you just decided to say it."

"No, you're trying to trick me. I didn't decide that at all. I had to think it."

"Are you aware of what you are thinking, saying, and doing?"

"Well, yeah, of course."

So what is stopping you from thinking, or saying, or doing something quite different?"

"Nothing stops what I want."

"Then you are free."

"How about I decide to punch you in the face?"

"Go ahead. At least choose to do it. Don't blame it on anything else."