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[...] Considering that being free means escaping all forms of determination, we therefore arrive at an impasse: being free seems impossible for all human beings. SecondlyFurthermore, it is possible to argue that freedom, understood as 'escape all forms of determination', as 'do what I want' is illusory. In fact, we can all'In fact, maintaining that a person who defines themselves as free, because they think they are doing what they want, without being influenced and determined by anything, is actually a person who is not aware of the elements and factors that determine them. [...]
[...] In this lastIn this last part, we will support the idea that being free is not doing everything I want and escaping all forms of determination, but on the contrary, knowing how to negotiate with the constraints of existence and benefiting from them. It is all of'is it not possible to emphasize that doing everything I want and escaping all forms of determination refers to the fantasy of a world comparable to a blank page. However, the human being is caught in a mesh of factors and constraints from which he cannot escape. [...]
[...] By questioning the reasons for their decision, we can wonder if the choice of this person really escapes all forms of determination. If they choose Italy for its food, we can wonder if their taste for Italian food really results from a choice. This taste is influenced, conditioned, determined by their eating habits, which they inherit from their parents, but also by the eating habits of the society where they have lived. Thus, whatever the person does what they want, they seem despite everything to be subject to the determinism of society. [...]
[...] Is being free about escaping all forms of determination? « Writing is the only absolute space of freedom. With this quote, French writer Nicolas Fargues refers to a common conception of freedom, which consists of saying that being free means doing whatever one wants, doing whatever one likes. According to this point of view, freedom consists of succeeding in escaping all forms of constraints, determinations, systems of cause and effect that limit our actions and prevent us from doing what we want. [...]
[...] According to this definition, a free person is, for example, a person who can go to any country, as soon as they want, without having to worry about customs issues, the price of the plane ticket, etc. In this case, being free effectively means escaping the constraints of society, economic and political laws. Nonevertheless, we can also note that 'doing what one wants' supposes making a choice, deciding between several possibilities what one prefers to do. It is free will. [...]
