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Single Idea 4169

[filed under theme 20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 4. Action as Movement ]

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.