 | Edward Robinson - 1845 - 830 pages
...to volition, precedes the primary nisus, and is equivalent to predetermination, or intention." * * * "The choice precedes the actual volition, or nisus,...when the moment of action shall have come." * * * " I may form a purpose or determination, or in other words make a choice, years before the time for exerting... | |
 | Religion - 1845 - 816 pages
...volition, precedes the primary nisus, and is equivalent to predetermination, or intention." * * * " The choice precedes the actual volition, or nisus,...when the moment of action shall have come." * * * " I may form a purpose or determination, or in other words make a choice, years before the time for exerting... | |
 | Theology - 1845 - 818 pages
...volition, precedes the primary nisus, and is equivalent to predetermination, or intention." * * * " The choice precedes the actual volition, or nisus,...when the moment of action shall have come." * * * " I may form a purpose or determination, or in other words make a choice, years before the time for exerting... | |
 | 1847 - 518 pages
...Accordingly I hold myself in readiness, and when the fruit which I have chosen is put upon a plate and hinded to me, I exert the nisus of my will, and receive the...plate. The choice precedes the actual volition, or m'sus, by which I take the fruit : it is the determination wliat to do when the moment of action shall... | |
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The choice precedes the actual volition, or nisus, by which I take the fruit; it is the determination what to do when the moment of action shall have come." * * * " I may form a purpose or determination, or in other words make a choice, years before the... 