Full Idea
In deliberation, the last appetite or aversion immediately adhering to the action, or to the omission thereof, is that we call the Will.
Gist of Idea
The will is just the last appetite before action
Source
Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan [1651], 1.06)
Book Reference
Hobbes,Thomas: 'Leviathan', ed/tr. Macpherson,C.B. [Penguin 1981], p.127
A Reaction
I share his caution about 'the will', but his observation strikes me as inaccurate. When I drink, my 'will' is not my thirst. I take the will to be a feature of my reason. I gave my thirst permission to indulge itself. The will is practical reason?