Sentence examples for volition upon from inspiring English sources

It was made clear that the athletes had not been forced to apologise, but had done so of their own volition "upon realising how what they'd done had been perceived by the host nation".

"The society of Islam is ultimately based not upon human volition or upon contract but upon divine decree," Mr. Pagden writes.

Thus, a system will exhibit more unconventional behavioral solutions to problems presented by the environment by forming intentions of its own volition, and then acting upon them.

This doctrine means that a person cannot save himself by his volition and effort but depends absolutely upon the saving grace of Christ.

'That tragic and intractable phenomenon which we watch with horror on the other side of the Atlantic, but which there is interwoven with the history and existence of the States itself, is coming upon us here by our own volition and our own neglect.

Granted, this level of commitment feels more like it was thrust upon me rather than one made of my own volition.

A state of consciousness cannot be forced upon someone, they have to come to that of their own volition; it needs to come from the soul.

He describes the uncanny fascination of gazing upon a corpse -- "something with my form and shape" but with "no volition to give it buoyancy".

"This was on my own volition and does not reflect policy of the Chicago Police Department," one chief of detectives said, telling the researchers that he had called upon the services of a psychic twice in investigations.

"They did so of their own volition".

"Not of his own volition," he said.