The presence of a dear friend as a guest at my table is to me an object at once of will and of intention . The presence of a stranger who accompanies my friend, and without whom my friend would not have come, is to me an object of will , but not of intention . I should not have invited that gentleman by himself.
Volition then extends to three acts.
I have endeavoured to bring out the practical importance of these distinction in my Ethics and Natural Law , pp.