XXXII. The Origin of “Freedom” and “Responsibility”The attributes of strength and weakness are natural, as are all the acts, which are performed through strength and weakness. Common language deceives us into believing that behind every act is a “doer” which can be separated from the act. There is an object, a bolt of lightening, which cause the flash of light to occur. This separation is applied to persons by the weak in the claim that it is the “subject” who is responsible for the act. Thus it is claimed that the strong are free not to act in the way that strong people naturally do. The weak then can claim that they have freely chosen weakness, which is to say that they have chosen to be “good.”
