ABSTRACT
From the Middle Low German vriheit and High German Freiheit, the lexical meaning of Frihed is the condition in which the human will can freely choose among different possibilities (things and circumstances). It is the power either to choose or to do good or evil. The concept of freedom includes also the capacity for obedience and disobedience. In the controversy over free will (Villiens Frihed) the word “freedom” denotes a will that is not subject to the law of causation, but is a cause without being an effect.1
