volitions

The former he calls volitions and the latter appetitions

Leibniz's Ethics Youpa, Andrew 2004

Author of all our volitions is the Creator of the world, who first bestowed motion on this immense machine, and placed all beings in that particular position, whence every subsequent event, by an inevitable necessity, must result.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 2004

Says Dr. Hodge, "The will is not determined by any law of necessity; it is not independent, indifferent, or self-determined, but is always determined by the preceding state of mind; so that a man is free so long as his volitions are the conscious expression of his mind; or so long as his activity is determined and controlled by his reason and feelings."

The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination 1959

This view may seem at first exaggerated, but the more our so-called volitions and their causes are examined, the more it is forced upon us.

The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell 1921

The ultimate Author of all our volitions is the Creator of the world, who first bestowed motion on this immense machine, and placed all beings in that particular position, whence every subsequent event, by an inevitable necessity, must result.

Of Liberty and Necessity. Part II 1909

Here is seen how ideas arise from the fields of social institutions, and how characters, tendencies, sentiments, volitions, that is to say, in a word, moral forces, are produced and develop into conditions governed by circumstances.

Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History 1896

Which is merely another way of stating the conclusion previously reached -- viz. that the only necessity which can be proved to govern our volitions is the necessity which is imposed by our own considerations of reason and morality.

Mind and Motion and Monism George John Romanes 1871

The real question in dispute in regard to the will is, whether, all things external and internal being the same to any voluntary agent, the volitions will be the same.

Outlines of Moral Science. 1772-1851 1854

The volition, viewed abstractly, is always the same, when the external action is the same; but the moral character of the acts, where the volitions are the same, may vary exceedingly.

Outlines of Moral Science. 1772-1851 1854

The ultimate Author of all our volitions is the Creator of the world, who first bestowed motion on this immense machine, and placed all beings in that particular position, whence every subsequent event, by an inevitable necessity, must result.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding David Hume 1743