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Tag: Will

Aristotle – Three functions of the Soul; Sense, Intellect, and Appetition

Aristotle = Nicomachean Ethics - There are in the Soul three functions on which depend moral action and truth; Sense, Intellect, Appetition, whether vague Desire or definite Will. Thoughts of God, thoughtsofGod.com, David Reese

Aristotle – Nicomachean Ethics – There are in the Soul three functions on which depend moral action and truth; Sense, Intellect, Appetition, whether vague Desire or definite Will.

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Prayer Does not Change God – It Changes the One Praying

Kierkegaard Prayer Does not Change God It Changes the One Who Offers It, thoughtsofgod.com, Thoughts of God, David Reese

The prayer does not change God, but it changes the one who offers it. It is the same with the substance of what is spoken. Not God, but you, the maker of the confession, get to know something by your act of confession. – Kierkegaard, Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing

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