But we have as yet only considered it in relation to physical science.

What we have now to do is to consider it in relation to itself.
What, then, let us ask, is the nature of the belief?
To a certain extent the answer is very easy.

When we speak and think of free-will ordinarily, we know quite well what we mean by it; and we one and all of us mean exactly the same thing.

It is true that when professors speak upon this question, they make countless efforts to distinguish between the meaning which they attach to the belief, and the meaning which the world attaches to it.

And it is possible that in their studies or their lecture-rooms they may contrive for the time being to distort or to confuse for themselves the common view of the matter.