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Fate, necessity, destiny, determinism--these are inexorable, compulsive, and inescapable in reference to the broad general evolution of the whole race. But within that larger circle the small circle of an individual is relatively free to rotate in its own course. This is the great secret, the final solution of the enigma of man's freedom.

-- Notebooks Category 9: From Birth to Rebirth > Chapter 4 : Free Will, Responsibility, and The World-Idea > # 130