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Is a human really and absolutely free? When can we say that they are free?

Aidre Cabrera
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    Welcome to Philosophy.SE! This question is a little broad for our format. Please have a look at the help center and the tour. https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/help https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/tour. Questions here should ideally be answerable in a few paragraphs and not invite discussion. – tkruse Jan 14 '22 at 16:23
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    There are already many questions on freedom in this site with answers. Like https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/10432, https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/37432, https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/36639 . So it would help if you could explain your question based on the existing answers. – tkruse Jan 14 '22 at 16:31
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    I think it would help to narrow your focus to at least a school of philosophy, if not a particular pihlosopher –  Jan 15 '22 at 04:35
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    Short answer: No. Check out [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Free Will](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/). – Futilitarian Jan 15 '22 at 09:54

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Is a human really and absolutely free?

No. As a body (if he thinks he is an embodiment of Body, Mind and Intellect) he is never really and absolutely free.

When can we say that they are free?

We cannot say so. But he/she can say/feel so (with confirmation) only when he realizes his real nature. Then he/she can say he/she (the self) is absolutely free.

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