2p48d.md (364B)
1 The mind is a fixed and definite mode of thought (II. 2 xi.), therefore it cannot be the free cause of its actions (I. 3 xvii. Coroll. ii.); in other words, it cannot have an absolute 4 faculty of positive or negative volition; but (by I. xxviii.) it 5 must be determined by a cause, which has also been determined by 6 another cause, and this last by another, &c. Q.E.D. 7 8