The whole struggle was over, and yet there seemed to have been no moment of victory. You might say, if you liked, that the power of choice had been simply set aside and an inflexible destiny substituted for it. On the other hand, you might say he had delivered from the rhetoric of his passions and had emerged in unassailable freedom. Ransom could not for the life of him, see any difference between these two statements. Predestination and freedom were apparently identical. He could no longer see any meaning in the many arguments he had heart on the subject.

Summary

This quote highlights the paradoxical nature of the concepts of predestination and freedom. It suggests that the protagonist, Ransom, has reached a point where he no longer sees a distinction between the two. The struggle he faced, possibly in making choices or exerting his will, has ended without a clear moment of victory. It implies that an inflexible destiny has replaced the power of choice, yet it also suggests that this has liberated him from the overpowering influence of his passions. Ransom's inability to differentiate between predestination and freedom challenges the meaning behind the various arguments he previously encountered on the topic.

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