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Full Idea
The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire.
Gist of Idea
The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire
Source
John Stuart Mill (Utilitarianism [1861], Ch.4)
Book Ref
Mill,John Stuart: 'Utilitarianism (including On Liberty etc)', ed/tr. Warnock,Mary [Fontana 1962], p.294
A Reaction
This is the sort of simplistic psychology that modern philosophers tend to avoid. Personally I am more Kantian. I will and desire that the answer to 3+2=? is 5, simply because it is true. Mill must realise we can will ourselves to desire something.