 | David Stuart (D.D.) - 1853 - 196 pàgines
...mind, of which he considers willing as one, do not admit of definition ; and he describes volition as " the determination of the mind to do or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power." This, however, is to describe an exetcise of the will — not the will itself. Dr. Hampden defines... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 438 pàgines
...it in, or withholding it from any particular action."* — Dr. Eeid defines it more briefly to be, " the determination of the mind to do or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power." He remarks, at the same time, that " this definition is not strictly * [Kfsny, Book II. chap. MI. g 15.]... | |
 | Henry Philip Tappan - 1857 - 650 pàgines
...regarding it as a contingent cause — " a power to do, or not to do,"• or a faculty of determining " to do, or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power ."t We may here inquire, wherein lies the necessity of a cause opposed to a contingent cause ? Its... | |
 | George David Doudney - 1858 - 480 pàgines
...will is thus described:—"The will is that faculty or power of the mind by which we determine either to do or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power; the faculty which is exercised in deciding among two or more objects which we shall embrace or pursue.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 444 pàgines
...it in, or withholding it from any particular action."* — Dr. Rcid defines it more briefly to be, " the determination of the mind to do or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power." He remarks, at the same time, that " this definition is not strictly logical, inasmuch as the determination... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1863 - 542 pàgines
...employing it in, or withholding it from any particular action." It may more briefly be defined — The determination of the mind to do, or not to do, something which we conceive to be in our power. [Cl ] If this were given as a strictly logical definition, it would be liable to this objection, that... | |
 | William Fleming - 1867 - 450 pàgines
...which might move or incite it to act. It is here used to denote merely the power by which we determine to do or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power. " Every man is conscious of a power to determine," says Dr. Reid (Act. Pow., Essay ii. ch. 1), " in... | |
 | William Fleming - 1870 - 458 pàgines
...which might move or incite it to act. It is here used to denote merely the power by which we determine to do or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power. " Every man is conscious of a power to determine," says Dr. Reid (Act. Pow., Essay ii. ch. 1), " in... | |
 | Archibald Alexander - 1898 - 376 pàgines
...indifferently to signify either the power of willing or the act.1 It may be more briefly defined as the determination of the mind to do or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power. Reid further explains the term, "to distinguish it from other acts of mind, which from the ambiguity... | |
 | Henry Eastman Bennett - 1923 - 324 pàgines
..."feeling faculty." The will, or volition, was held to mean " the power to determine," or, more fully, "the determination of the mind to do or not to do something which we conceive to be in our power." Certainly this power to decide upon and determine our own conduct is supremely important in the affairs... | |
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an act of the mind, knowingly, exerting that dominion it takes itself to have over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from any particular action. 
