There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

I?m pleading under my own free will.

There's no free will here. Oedipus acts out the script. How can we blame him?

He's paying the amount that's on his lease. He entered into that contract of free will.