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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
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] |