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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

23180	The will is the rational appetite [Aquinas]
	Full Idea: The will is the rational appetite.
	From: Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologicae [1265], II-II Q58 4)
	A reaction: Defining the will in terms of reason sounds more like an Enlightenment optimist than a medieval theologian. I suspect that for him it is tautological the reason is involved, if only the reason can make decisions. Hobbes prefers to ruling appetite.