Война и мир

Chapter 5

           

           Ontheonesidereflectionshowsthattheexpressionofaman’swill—hiswords—areonlypartofthegeneralactivityexpressedinanevent,asforinstanceinawarorarevolution,andsowithoutassuminganincomprehensible,supernaturalforce—amiracle—onecannotadmitthatwordscanbetheimmediatecauseofthemovementsofmillionsofmen.Ontheotherhand,evenifweadmittedthatwordscouldbethecauseofevents,historyshowsthattheexpressionofthewillofhistoricalpersonagesdoesnotinmostcasesproduceanyeffect,thatistosay,theircommandsareoftennotexecuted,andsometimestheveryoppositeofwhattheyorderoccurs.

           Withoutadmittingdivineinterventionintheaffairsofhumanitywecannotregard“power”asthecauseofevents.

           Power,fromthestandpointofexperience,ismerelytherelationthatexistsbetweentheexpressionofsomeone’swillandtheexecutionofthatwillbyothers.

           Toexplaintheconditionsofthatrelationshipwemustfirstestablishaconceptionoftheexpressionofwill,referringittomanandnottotheDeity.

           IftheDeityissuesacommand,expressesHiswill,asancienthistorytellsus,theexpressionofthatwillisindependentoftimeandisnotcausedbyanything,fortheDivinityisnotcontrolledbyanevent

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