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Full Idea
Spinoza argues that in reality the will and the intellect are 'one and the same'.
Gist of Idea
Spinoza argues that in reality the will and the intellect are 'one and the same'
Source
report of Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675]) by John Cottingham - The Rationalists p.159
Book Ref
Cottingham,John: 'The Rationalists' [OUP 1988], p.159
A Reaction
The 'will' is certainly a dubious concept, though it seems involved with desire and actual. In a sense, I suppose, all pursuits of reason are acts of will.