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Single Idea 1861

[filed under theme 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 4. For Free Will ]

Full Idea

The will is not compelled to move, for it doesn't have to want the pleasant things set before it.

Gist of Idea

The will is not compelled to move, even if pleasant things are set before it

Source

Thomas Aquinas (Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo [1271], Q6.h to 21)

Book Ref

Aquinas,Thomas: 'Selected Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. McDermott,Timothy [OUP 1993], p.183