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the quiet engine that turns wanting into doing, with nobody else's permission required
means The act or power of making a conscious choice or decision by one's own will.
from From Latin *volo*, "I want" or "I wish" — the same restless root behind *voluntary*, *benevolent* (well-wishing), and even *voluptuous* (the wanting of pleasure). The noun form *volitio* was coined in Medieval Latin to name the will itself as a thing, and it slipped into English through French around the 17th century. So at its heart, volition is simply *wanting*, dressed up in a philosopher's robes.
- root word
- From Latin velle, meaning to wish or will
- brain origin
- Linked to the supplementary motor area
- libet experiment
- Brain activity precedes conscious decision by milliseconds
- legal weight
- Voluntary acts are required for criminal liability
- philosophy fight
- Free will debates still unresolved after millennia