▁everything ▁has ▁its ▁cause ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁again ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁detail ▁referred ▁also ▁to ▁all ▁individual ▁choices ▁of ▁man ▁etc ., ▁even ▁ref uting ▁opposite ▁views . ▁Here ▁the ▁online ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Sum ma . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁avoid , ▁at ▁least ▁in ▁concept , ▁the ▁absol ution ▁of ▁man ▁of ▁any ▁gu ilt ▁he ▁then ▁notes ▁the ▁cont ing ency ▁of ▁all ▁that ▁takes ▁place , ▁i . e . ▁lack ▁of ▁direct ▁necessity ▁from ▁God ▁strictly ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁a ▁concrete ▁(" con ting ent ") ▁act . ▁A ▁typical ▁choice ▁was ▁not ▁separately ▁ord ained ▁to ▁be ▁so - and - so ▁by ▁God ; ▁St . ▁Thomas ▁says ▁the ▁choice ▁is ▁not ▁necessary , ▁but ▁in ▁fact ▁that ▁apparently ▁means ▁it ▁was ▁cont ing ent ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁God ▁and ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁nature ▁( as ▁a ▁specific ▁case ▁that ▁could ▁have ▁not ▁existed ▁in ▁other ▁circumstances ), ▁and ▁necessary ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁its ▁direct ▁previous ▁cause ▁in ▁will ▁and ▁intellect . ▁( The ▁cont ing ency , ▁or ▁fort u ity , ▁is ▁even ▁intuit ive ▁under ▁modern ▁cha os ▁theory , ▁where ▁one ▁can ▁try ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁developed ▁products ▁appearing ▁in ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁a ▁universe ▁or , ▁simpler , ▁an ▁automat on ▁are ▁cha otic ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁its ▁principles .) ▁ ▁Free ▁will ▁as ▁a ▁pseudo - problem ▁Histor ically , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁philosoph ical ▁effort ▁inv ested ▁in ▁resol ving ▁the ▁d ile m ma ▁has ▁taken