What Is Meant Here
The statement describes will through two aspects, affirmation and negation, then links it to the possibility of choice. It should therefore not be read here as a detailed judgment on every use of the term.
What Is Attributed to Shahrur
The excerpt states: “Will: it has two aspects, affirmation and negation, and is connected to the possibility of choice.” This is the extent that can be directly attributed to the available text.
Atlas Explanation
The atlas does not add to the statement that will is synonymous with freedom, nor that it is the opposite of determinism within a complete theory. Rather, it confines itself to clarifying that linking it to “the possibility of choice” makes choice an explicit element in this description.
Qualified Inference
In a synthetic reading constrained by the excerpt, the conjunction of affirmation and negation with the possibility of choice can be understood as presenting will through two opposing possibilities. But this is an explanatory inference, not a quotation or an independent definition from the text.
Open Question and Limits of the Evidence
The excerpt does not settle whether the discussion of “affirmation and negation” is a general linguistic definition of will or a usage specific to a broader context. Nor does it provide a sufficient basis for distinguishing will from volition; this distinction therefore remains in need of additional textual evidence.