...such a thought or order of the mind, is called involuntary." Again he says ; " Volition it is plain is an act of the mind, knowingly exerting that dominion...in, or withholding it from any particular action. And what is the will but a faculty to do this? And is that faculty anything more in effect than a power,...

...Volition, it is plain," says Mr. Locke, " is an act of the mind, knowingly exerting that dominion which it takes itself to have over any part of the man,...in, or withholding it from, any particular action." Every volition therefore, implies a conviction of power to do the action willed. A man may desire to...

...such a thought or order of the mind, is called involuntary." Again he says ; " Volition it is plain is an act of the mind, knowingly exerting that dominion...in, or withholding it from any particular action. And what is the will but a faculty to do this? And is that faculty anything more in effect than a power,...

...body. In the following, on the contrary, it is applied only to the latter : " Volition, it is plain, is an act of the mind knowingly exerting that dominion...in, or withholding it from, any particular action." Ibid. § 15. It may be seen that the theory of the will in Locke is quite as uncertain as the other...

...the Incuina," he observes, " the desire of moving the body is painfully exerted, but the poieer of moving it, or volition, is incapable of action till...This act of the mind Dr. Darwin expresses by the word derire, an indistinctuess still extremely common among metaphysical writers, although it was long ago...

...though a man would prefer flying to walking, yet who can say he ever wills it? Volition, it is plain, is an act of the mind knowingly exerting that dominion...in, or withholding it from, any particular action. And what is the will, but the faculty to do this? And is that faculty anything more in effect than...

...knowingly exerting that dominion it takes itself to have over any part of the man, by employing it hi, or withholding it from, any particular action." This act of the mind Dr. Darwin expresses by the word deiire, an indistinctness still extremely common among metaphysical writers, although it was long ago...

...the Philosophy of the Human Mind. The word Volition is defined by Locke to be " an act of the niiud, knowingly exerting that dominion it takes itself to...in, or withholding it from any particular action."* — Dr. Eeid defines it more briefly to be, " the determination of the mind to do or not to do something...

...important article in the Philosophy of the Human Mind. The word Volition is defined by Locke to be " an act of the mind, knowingly exerting that dominion...in, or withholding it from any particular action."* — Dr. Rcid defines it more briefly to be, " the determination of the mind to do or not to do something...

...life. — V. DUTY, MERIT, OBLIGATION, RECTITUDE, STANDARD, NATURE OP THINGS. VOLITION (tola, to will) " is an act of the mind knowingly exerting that dominion...in, or withholding it from, any particular action.'" 1 Motfot, Tram., p. 200. VOLITION— " There is an error which lies under the word volition. Under...