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Full Idea
Every true act of will is also at once and without exception a movement of the body.
Gist of Idea
Every true act of will is also at once and without exception a movement of the body
Source
Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Idea [1819], II 018)
Book Ref
Schopenhauer,Arthur: 'The World as Will and Idea', ed/tr. Berman,Jill and David [Everyman 1995], p.32
A Reaction
The word 'act' seems to beg the question (as does 'true'!). I am no longer sure that I know what an act of will is. Hobbes says there is no such thing.
| 4169 | Every true act of will is also at once and without exception a movement of the body [Schopenhauer] |
| 6167 | Action is bodily movement caused by intentional states [Rowlands] |
| 20081 | Bicycle riding is not just bodily movement - you also have to be on the bicycle [Stout,R] |
| 20019 | Maybe bodily movements are not actions, but only part of an agent's action of moving [Wilson/Schpall] |
| 20021 | Is the action the arm movement, the whole causal process, or just the trying to do it? [Wilson/Schpall] |