 | 1816 - 746 Seiten
...right reafon dwell?. Milton. 3. Freedom, as oppofed to neceffity.— Liberty is the power in any agent to do, or forbear, any particular action, according...determination, or thought of the mind, whereby either of them i; preferred to the other. Locke. — As it is in the motions of the body, fo it is in the thoughts... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 380 Seiten
...perhaps the action may be voluntary. So that the idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according...power of the agent to be produced by him according to hb-rolrtion, -there he is not at_liberty.; that_agentis_jin_der necessity.., So^that liberty~cannot... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 602 Seiten
...idea of a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the detennination or thought of the mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the other ; where either of them u not in the power of the agent to be produced by him, according to his volition, there he is not at... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 654 Seiten
...to the determination or thought of the mind, where* Illustrations on Phil. Nccess. p. 45. by cither of them is preferred to the other. Where either of them is not in the power of the agent, to !>e produced by him according to his volition, there he is not at liberty but under necessity." * That... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 662 Seiten
...necessity." And a few sentences afterwards : — " The idea of libeity is the idea ol a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, where• Illustrations on Phil. Nece«. p. 45. by either of them is preferred to the other. Where either... | |
 | John Locke - 1831 - 458 Seiten
...So that the idea of liberty is the idea of a power to do or forbear any action, according as either is preferred to the other : where either of them is not in the power of the agent, there he is not at liberty. So that liberty cannot be where there is no thought, no volition, no will... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 536 Seiten
...So that the idea of liberty is the idea of a power to do or forbear any action, according as either is preferred to the other : where either of them is not in the power of the agent, there he is not at liberty. So that liberty cannot be where there is no thought, no volition, no will... | |
 | Charles Follen - 1841 - 384 Seiten
...distinction between the will and the desires, says, " The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action according to...of the mind, whereby either of them is preferred." This definition of the free will, true in its design, is vague in its expression. For, according to... | |
 | 1846 - 512 Seiten
...not do it; we should even do the contrary if we willed it. And another, a power to do or forbear an action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, whereby either is preferred to the other. On all which definitions, if the reader will be pleased to reflect, he will... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 558 Seiten
...and motions of our bodies, barely by a thought or preference of the mind. — A power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind.— The power of the mind to determine its thoughts ioihe producing, continuing or stopping any action... | |
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So that the idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the other... 
