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fatalism 1. the philosophical doctrine that all events are predetermined so that man is powerless to alter his destiny 2. the acceptance of and submission to this doctrine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He needed all her assistance and all her loyalty in these new conjunctures his fatalism had already accepted. We are forced to fall back on fatalism as an explanation of irrational events (that is to say, events the reasonableness of which we do not understand). In doing so, he had simply obeyed the laws of his nature, and we have good reason to believe that he was, to some extent, a fatalist, but of an orthodox school of fatalism withal, that led him to rely upon himself and even upon Providence. |
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