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  2. Destiny - Wikipedia

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    In common usage, destiny and fate are synonymous, but with regard to 19th-century philosophy, the words gained inherently different meanings. For Arthur Schopenhauer, destiny was just a manifestation of the Will to Live, which can be at the same time living fate and choice of overrunning fate, by means of the Art, of the Morality and of the ...

  3. Fatalism - Wikipedia

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    Destiny, painting by T. C. Gotch (1885–1886), Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia. Fatalism is a belief [1] and philosophical doctrine [2] [3] which considers the entire universe as a deterministic system and stresses the subjugation of all events, actions, and behaviors to fate or destiny, which is commonly associated with the consequent attitude of resignation in the face of future ...

  4. Moirai - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (/ ˈmɔɪraɪ, - riː /)—often known in English as the Fates —were the personifications of destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a metaphor for death). Their Roman equivalent is the Parcae.

  5. Free will - Wikipedia

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    Destiny or fate is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the cosmos. Although often used interchangeably, the words "fate" and "destiny" have distinct connotations.

  6. Predeterminism - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Predeterminism is the philosophy that all events of history, past, present and future, have been already decided or are already known (by God, fate, or some other force), including human actions. Predeterminism is closely related to determinism. [1] The concept of predeterminism is often argued by invoking causal determinism, implying ...

  7. Amor fati - Wikipedia

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    Amor fati. Amor fati is a Latin phrase that may be translated as "love of fate " or "love of one's fate". It is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or, at the very least, necessary. [1]

  8. Friedrich Nietzsche and free will - Wikipedia

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    His own destiny cannot be disentangled from the destiny of all else in past and future. He is not the result of a special purpose, a will, or an aim, the attempt is not here made to reach an "ideal of man," an "ideal of happiness," or an "ideal of morality;" – it is absurd to try to shunt off man's nature towards some goal.

  9. Determinism - Wikipedia

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    Determinism is the philosophical view that all events in the universe, including human decisions and actions, are causally inevitable. [1] Deterministic theories throughout the history of philosophy have developed from diverse and sometimes overlapping motives and considerations. Like eternalism, determinism focuses on particular events rather ...