ABSTRACT
In his prize winning essay, published as a book, On the Freedom of the Will Schopenhauer raises the question of whether the will is free – whether we have a free will. He rightly points out that we say of a person that he acted freely when he can do what he wills, that is when he is not hindered or restrained by something external to his will. That is he is free in what he does when what he does is what he wills. If what he does is against his will, he must have been forced to do it.
