But in this series of tightly linked causes, don’t we have any freedom to choose, or does the chain of fate constrain even the motions of human souls?” “There is freedom,” she said, “and there could be no rational nature without choice. For any being with the natural power of reason possesses judgment to discern every matter. It can determine by itself which things to avoid or choose. Whenever someone judges anything worthy of choice, he pursues it, while he flees from whatever he thinks he ought to flee. Therefore, if reason resides in anyone, so too does freedom to choose or refuse.
