Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Anaxarchus, Thomas Aquinas and Thomas Hobbes

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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

1847	The will must aim at happiness, but can choose the means [Aquinas]

1857	We don't have to will even perfect good, because we can choose not to think of it [Aquinas]

1846	The will can only want what it thinks is good [Aquinas]

23180

The will is the rational appetite [Aquinas]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 1. Acting on Desires

2362	The will is just the last appetite before action [Hobbes]

7408	It is an error that reason should control the passions, which give right guidance on their own [Hobbes, by Tuck]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

2363	Reason is usually general, but deliberation is of particulars [Hobbes]