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“The real question of free will refers to our responsibility for our acts, and the moral notion of responsibility, which derives fairly directly from the moral model instituted at the originary event, is itself a highly determining factor (what Freud called the superego ) in our behavior.”

— Eric Gans, Nim and Nothingness · Saturday, May 26th, 2012 · Chronicles of Love & Resentment