“Leibniz believed in freedom, both divine and human, and he thought that contingency was a necessary condition of freedom. That is, if an agent A acts freely when choosing X, then A's choosing X cannot be necessary. But there are some elements in his philosophy that seem to make contingency impossible.” IfsHumansPhilosophySeemsImpossibleConditionsDivineElementsAgentsContingency Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“There is something about permanent military occupation which seems to confine a man's scope and limit his opportunities; and after he has had a few years under the circumscribed conditions of official routine, he generally find himself wholly out of touch with civil occupation.” MenYearsSeemsOpportunityConditionsMilitaryLimitsPermanentOfficialsOccupationRoutineScope Author:John Monash