Volition is the power to choose. — frank
That strikes me as hard to believe. — Olivier5
Fortune is an ancient personification (deification) of randomness. The idea behind the wheel of fortune -- as I understand it -- is that one cannot be lucky or unlucky for very long; Fortuna is fickle and changing. Which is basically true, poetry set aside. Of course it was framed during early medieval times within a Christian discourse about God's intervention on earth, and therefore given a more determinist interpretation (God is behind apparent randomness, acting through it).it was a cornerstone of the European medieval world view. The wheel of fortune was a symbol of it. — frank
Even if we know we can't win that fight for very long, that's what we do when we are alive. — Olivier5
Fortune is an ancient personification (deification) of randomness. — Olivier5
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