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Single Idea 2384

[filed under theme 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will ]

Full Idea

Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary.

Gist of Idea

Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary

Source

Thomas Hobbes (Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle [1652])

Book Ref

'Fundamental Problems in Philosophy (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Hanfling,Oswald [Blackwell 1980], p.209

The 2 ideas from 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle'

2385 If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]
2384 Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]