 | Voltaire - 1765 - 356 pages
...belongs not to the will; and that it is as infignificant to aft, whether a man's will be free, as to aft, whether his fleep be fwift, or his virtue fquare....cannot be an attribute of the will, which is alfo but a powef." of the Being and Attributes of a God. §ce this notion refuted by Dr. Clarke in his Demonftratioo... | |
 | John Wesley - 1782 - 728 pages
...Virtue : and when any one well confiders it, I think he will as plainly perceive, that Liberty, which Is but a power, belongs only to Agents, and cannot be an attribute or modification of the Will, which is but a power. " Sett. 15. Such is the difficulty of explaining,... | |
 | William Belsham - 1789 - 482 pages
...applicable to the will, as motion to fleep, or figure to virtue. Liberty is a power which can belong only to agents, and cannot be an attribute of the will, which is alfo but a power." Now it is obvious to remark, that it is one thing, to obje<El to the difcuffjon of a queftion, as infignificant... | |
 | John Locke - 1796 - 560 pages
...virtue: and when any one well confiders it, I think he will as plainly perceive, that liberty, which is but a power, belongs only to agents, and cannot be an attribute or modification of the will, which is alfo but a power. y0l'ti §. 15. Such is the difficulty of explaining... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 340 pages
...virtue ; and when any one well confiders it, I think he will as plainly perceive that liberty, which is but a power, belongs only to agents, and cannot be an attribute or modification of the will,- which is alfo but a power. § 15. Volition. SOCH is the difficulty of... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 950 pages
...; and when any one' well confiders it, 1 think Tie will as plainly perceive that liberty, which is but a power, belongs only to agents, and cannot be an attribute or modification of the ivill, which is alfo but a power.§ 15. Volhiin. SUCH is the difficulty of explaining... | |
 | Voltaire - 1802 - 398 pages
...ask, whether a man's will be " free, as to ask, whether his sleep be swift, or his " virtue square. For liberty being but a power belongs " only to agents,...and cannot be an attribute of the " will, which is also but a power." See this notion refuted by Dr. Clarke in his Demonstration of the Being and Attributes... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - 554 pages
...virtue : and when any one well considers it, I think he will as plainly perceive, that liberty, which is but a power, belongs only to agents, and cannot be an attribute or modification of the will, which is also but a power. Volition. §• 15< Such is the difficulty... | |
 | John Locke - 1808 - 346 pages
...is obvious that difference of figure belongs not to virtue, and equally plain that liberty, which is a power, belongs only to agents, and cannot be an attribute of the will, which is itself only a power. Such is the difficulty of giving clear notions of internal actions by words, that... | |
 | John Locke - 1815 - 454 pages
...virtue: and when any one well considers it, I think he will as plainly perceive, that liberty, which is but a power, belongs only to agents, and cannot be an attribute or modification of the willj which is also but a power. Wherever thought is wholly wanting, or the... | |
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I think he will as plainly perceive that liberty, which is but a power, belongs only to agents, and cannot be an attribute or modification of the will, which is also but a power. 
