If free will stands alone and fate is disabled, it may be concluded that Oedipus would have been sent away by his parents as they chose to do, but that this horrible outcome would not play out; he would not kill his father or marry his mother. Also, if fate stood alone with no use of free will, a more interesting situation comes into light; Oedipus would be able to stay in his real home, grow up there knowing his fate, and end up killing his father and marrying his mother. Now, this seems a bit extreme, but the point is to prove that fate and free will go hand in hand. It is not up to one to decide which is to blame; fate is only inevitable up to a certain point, the point in which one decides to take matters into one’s own hands (free
If free will stands alone and fate is disabled, it may be concluded that Oedipus would have been sent away by his parents as they chose to do, but that this horrible outcome would not play out; he would not kill his father or marry his mother. Also, if fate stood alone with no use of free will, a more interesting situation comes into light; Oedipus would be able to stay in his real home, grow up there knowing his fate, and end up killing his father and marrying his mother. Now, this seems a bit extreme, but the point is to prove that fate and free will go hand in hand. It is not up to one to decide which is to blame; fate is only inevitable up to a certain point, the point in which one decides to take matters into one’s own hands (free