Are we free? Do we want to be? Gorgias argues that our actions are out of our control: we are susceptible to fate, or the gods, or physical force, or the seductive words of clever speakers -- such as himself. Dostoevsky, or rather one of his characters, tells a story arguing that for humans freedom is burdensome, so that anyone who sought to liberate us would in fact be harming us.  

Recommended Readings:

Gorgias's Encomium of Helen: https://fla.st/2Ifp4j9

Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor" from The Brothers Karamazov

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