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" This power which the mind has thus to order the consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it ; or to prefer the motion of any part of the body to its rest, and vice versa, in any particular instance, is that which we call the will. "
The Medical and legal relations of madness - Page 21
by Joshua Burgess - 1858 - 283 pages
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The Works of John Locke, Esq, Volume 1

John Locke - 1722 - 640 pages
...or Preference of the Mind ordering, or, as it were, commanding the doing or not doing fuch or fuch a particular Action. This Power which the Mind has thus to order the confideration of any Idea, or the forbearing to confider it j or to prefer the Motion of any part ot...
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Essays on the Active Powers of Man: By Thomas Reid, ...

Thomas Reid - 1788 - 508 pages
...preference of the mind, ordering, or, as it were, CHAP. v.^ " commanding the doing or not doing fuch a particular action. " This power which the mind has thus to order the confidera" tion of any idea, or the forbearing to confider it, or to pre" fer the motion of any part...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1796 - 560 pages
...or preference of the mind ordering, or, as it were, commanding the doing or not doing fuch or fuch a particular action. This power which the mind has thus to order the conlideration of any idea, or the forbearing to confider it ; or to prefer the motion of any part of...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1805 - 562 pages
...thought or preference of the mind ordering, or, as it were, commanding the doing or not doing such or such a particular action. This power which the mind...consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it; or to prefer the motion of any part of the body to its rest, and •vice versa, in any particular...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1805 - 554 pages
...thought or preference of the mind ordering, or, as it were, commanding the doing or not -doing such or such a particular action. This power which the mind...consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it ; or to prefer the motion of any part of the body to its rest, and vice versa, in any particular...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1806 - 390 pages
...were, commanding the doing or not doing fuch or luck a particular actiou. This power which the inind has thus to order the consideration of any Idea, or the forbearing to confider it ; or to prefer the motion of any part of the body to its reft, and vice verfa in any par-«...
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An Essay on the Probability of Sensation in Vegetables: With Additional ...

James Perchard Tupper - 1811 - 156 pages
...more or less dependent on the will ; but n " Volition is the actual exercise of the power the mind has to order the consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it ; or to prefer the motion of any part of the body to its rest, by directing any particular action,...
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A syllabus of Locke's Essay on the human understanding

1812 - 84 pages
...as the motion of • a billiard ball, when impelled forwards. C21. S 4. The power which the mind has to order the consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it, is called the will ; the actual exercise of that power, TO..Jhion. C 21, S 5. Every one finds in...
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The Works of Thomas Reid ...: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 3

Thomas Reid - 1815 - 434 pages
...and motions of our bodics, barely by a thought or preferenee of the mind, ordering, or, as it were, commanding the doing or not doing such a particular...consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it, or to prefer the motion of any part of the body to its rest* and vice versa, in any particular...
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An essay concerning human understanding. Also extr. from the author's works ...

John Locke - 1815 - 454 pages
...thought or preference of the mind . ordering, or, as it were, commanding the doing or not doing such or such a particular action. This power which the mind has thus to order the consi. deration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it; or to prefer the motion of any part...
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