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Single Idea 2384

[from 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle' by Thomas Hobbes, in 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will ]

Full Idea

Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary.

Gist of Idea

Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary

Source

Thomas Hobbes (Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle [1652])

Book Reference

'Fundamental Problems in Philosophy (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Hanfling,Oswald [Blackwell 1980], p.209