Will and responsibility are not illusions.
They are tangible and powerful realities.

I know how the terms of my contract bind me, and I impose my will on others." And he added with some bitterness: "I believe in the will, in moral responsibility, in the distinction between good and evil.

Doubtless these are, according to you, stupid ideas." "They are indeed stupid ideas," replied the physician, "but they are very suitable to us, since we are mere animals.

We are for ever forgetting this.

They are stupid, venerable, wholesome ideas.