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... preference ; that the act of the Will wherein it is free , and uses its own sover- eignty , consists in its causing or determining the change or transition from a state of Indifference to a certain preference , or determining to give a ...
... preference ; that the act of the Will wherein it is free , and uses its own sover- eignty , consists in its causing or determining the change or transition from a state of Indifference to a certain preference , or determining to give a ...
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... preference in it , but is what the Will does in order to causing or producing a preference , is as much as to say , the soul chooses ( for to will and to choose are the same thing ) without choice , and prefers without preference , in ...
... preference in it , but is what the Will does in order to causing or producing a preference , is as much as to say , the soul chooses ( for to will and to choose are the same thing ) without choice , and prefers without preference , in ...
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... preference is from previous ground and reason in the Motive which is pres ferred . But are these things consistent ? Can there be pre- vious ground in a thing for an event that takes place , and yet no previous tendency in it to that ...
... preference is from previous ground and reason in the Motive which is pres ferred . But are these things consistent ? Can there be pre- vious ground in a thing for an event that takes place , and yet no previous tendency in it to that ...
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