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In the accounts read here, ori is an inner head that bears destiny. What would make receiving or choosing a future relevant to responsibility for a life?
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Guided course · Module 8 · Lesson 42
Destiny, character and interpretation in Yoruba thought
A recorded Ifá poem and Segun Gbadegesin’s questions about destiny raise a problem about responsibility. How can choice, effort and character matter without making success or misfortune a measure of moral worth?