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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

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	Full Idea: Weakness of will is misleading, for there is no will, and hence neither a strong will nor a weak one. Multiplicity and disaggregation of the impulses results as 'weak will'; coordination under the dominance of a single one results as 'strong will'.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 14[219])
	A reaction: That Nietzsche seems to be right is clearer if we remember that the Greek terms are 'control' (enkrateia) and 'lack of control' (akrasia), with no reference to anything called the will.