It may therefore be admitted that, if it were possible to have so profound an insight into a man's mental character as shown by internal as well as external actions as to know all its motives, even the smallest, and likewise all the external occasions that can influence them, we could calculate a man's conduct for the future with as great certainty as a lunar or solar eclipse; and nevertheless we may maintain that the man is free.
Gainera, onar daiteke ezen, gure esku balego gizaki baten pentsaeran, barneko zein kanpoko ekintzen arabera erakusten den moduan, hain ulermen sakona izatea non horren bultzagai oro, txikiena ere, ezaguna izango baitzaigu, baita horretan eragiten duten kanpoko egoerak ere, orduan gizaki batek etorkizunean izango duen jokaera ziurtasunez kalkula liteke, ilargia edo eguzkiaren estalketa bezala, eta hala ere baieztatuko genuke gizakia askea dela.