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... soul either chooses or refuses ; I am content with it : Though I think that it is enough to say , it is that by which the soul chooses : For in every act of Will whatsoever , the mind chooses one thing rather than another ; it chooses ...
... soul either chooses or refuses ; I am content with it : Though I think that it is enough to say , it is that by which the soul chooses : For in every act of Will whatsoever , the mind chooses one thing rather than another ; it chooses ...
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... soul to act voluntarily , is evermore to act electively . Mr. Locke says , " The Will signifies nothing but a pow ... soul being united to a body in proper state , that the soul preferring or choosing such an immediate exertion or ...
... soul to act voluntarily , is evermore to act electively . Mr. Locke says , " The Will signifies nothing but a pow ... soul being united to a body in proper state , that the soul preferring or choosing such an immediate exertion or ...
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... soul , whereby the soul , at that instant , is out of a state of perfect indifference , with respect to the direct ob , ject of the volition . So that in every act , or going forth of the Will , there is some preponderation of the mind ...
... soul , whereby the soul , at that instant , is out of a state of perfect indifference , with respect to the direct ob , ject of the volition . So that in every act , or going forth of the Will , there is some preponderation of the mind ...
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... soul in any further degree than it appears such . For to say otherwise , would be to say , that things that appear have a tendency by the appearance they make , to engage the mind to elect them , some other way than by their appearing ...
... soul in any further degree than it appears such . For to say otherwise , would be to say , that things that appear have a tendency by the appearance they make , to engage the mind to elect them , some other way than by their appearing ...
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... soul or voluntary action . y I suppose , that Necessity which is called natural , in dis- tinction from moral necessity , is so called , because mere na- ture , as the word is vulgarly used , is concerned , without any thing of choice ...
... soul or voluntary action . y I suppose , that Necessity which is called natural , in dis- tinction from moral necessity , is so called , because mere na- ture , as the word is vulgarly used , is concerned , without any thing of choice ...
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