Sentence examples for contrary inclination from inspiring English sources

The weak-willed agent abandons a resolution because of a contrary inclination of exactly the type which the resolution was expressly designed to defeat.

For example, consider an agent who succumbs to contrary inclination of exactly the type expected when the time comes to act on a truly stupid resolution.

But another problem suggests itself: an agent who was a 'natural saint,' always and effortlessly choosing the good with no contrary inclination, would not have freedom of will among his virtues.

Resolutions are intentions that are formed precisely in order to insulate one against contrary inclinations one expects to feel when the time comes.

But it is held also that just knowing them or 'seeing' them will not merely tell men what to do but will ensure that they do it, overruling any contrary inclinations.

Second, says Holton, we need to attend to an important subclass of our intentions to do something at a future time, namely contrary-inclination-defeating intentions, or, as he later terms them (Holton 2003), resolutions.

On the contrary, the backward inclination depresses the downwash, while enlarges the upwash.

The intellective soul can exist without the body, but it is not created to exist without it, as it has, on the contrary, a natural inclination to be united with it.

He put the hair's natural movement and shine first, refusing to force it into behaving contrary to natural inclinations.

Contrary to the hardwired inclinations that tempt me to coddle and meddle, I'm learning to stay out of their way and let them live their lives as the adults they've become.

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