For if I examine an act committed a second ago, I must still recognise that it is not free, since the act is irrevocably linked to the moment at which it was committed.

• 因为，假如我考察一秒钟以前完成的一种行为，我们仍然认为那种行为是不自由的，因为它是与完成它的那一时刻分不开的。