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John Locke
An essay concerning human understanding

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volition

   Book,  Chapter
1 II, VI | Perception, or Thinking; and Volition, or Willing.~The power of 2 II, VI | Understanding, and the power of volition is called the Will; and 3 II, XIX| large of reasoning, judging, volition, and knowledge, which are 4 II, XXI| forbearance, is that which we call volition or willing. The forbearance 5 II, XXI| actions of understanding and volition. For when we say the will 6 II, XXI| by him according to his volition, there he is not at liberty; 7 II, XXI| there is no thought, no volition, no will; but there may 8 II, XXI| may be will, there may be volition, where there is no liberty. 9 II, XXI| consequently not to have any volition, or preference of motion 10 II, XXI| agent. For though he has volition, though he prefers his not 11 II, XXI| motion follows not upon his volition; and therefore therein he 12 II, XXI| is not in his power, by volition or the direction of his 13 II, XXI| constraint.~10. Belongs not to volition. Again: suppose a man be 14 II, XXI| not an idea belonging to volition, or preferring; but to the 15 II, XXI| power by any thought or volition to stop; and therefore in 16 II, XXI| in an agent capable of volition, when the beginning or continuation 17 II, XXI| action is contrary to his volition, it is called restraint. 18 II, XXI| that have no thought, no volition at all, are in everything 19 II, XXI| is also but a power.~15. Volition. Such is the difficulty 20 II, XXI| distinctly enough express volition, unless he will reflect 21 II, XXI| best to express the act of volition, does it not precisely. 22 II, XXI| can say he ever wills it? Volition, it is plain, is an act 23 II, XXI| thought may be the occasion of volition, or exercising the power 24 II, XXI| Secondly, That willing, or volition, being an action, and freedom 25 II, XXI| of willing or the act of volition, when any action in his 26 II, XXI| act; which, in regard of volition, a man, upon such a proposal 27 II, XXI| upon which preference or volition, the action or its forbearance 28 II, XXI| voluntary. But the act of volition, or preferring one of the 29 II, XXI| thoughts, he cannot forbear volition; he must determine one way 30 II, XXI| The ideas of liberty and volition must be defined. To avoid 31 II, XXI| the ideas of liberty and volition were well fixed in our understandings, 32 II, XXI| of any action, upon our volition of it; and not in the dependence 33 II, XXI| choose or will.~28. What volition and action mean. Secondly, 34 II, XXI| we must remember, that volition or willing is an act of 35 II, XXI| endeavoured to express the act of volition, by choosing, preferring, 36 II, XXI| signify desire as well as volition, for want of other words 37 II, XXI| proper name is willing or volition; yet, it being a very simple 38 II, XXI| that the will or power of volition is conversant about nothing 39 II, XXI| reaches no further; and that volition is nothing but that particular 40 II, XXI| which is but the power of volition, is much more distinct from 41 II, XXI| ever.~57. Power to suspend volition explains responsibility 42 II, XXI| of a man consecutive to volition, it is further inquired,— 43 II, XXI| liberty to forbear the act of volition: he must exert an act of 44 II, XXI| into. The ideas of will, volition, liberty, and necessity,


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