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is good; such is the Will, according to their statements, while desire is the inclination, which we only subsequently feel, to advance it — so that, even according to their own statements, the Will may well exist without the Desire, but not the Desire without the Will, which must have preceded it.
All the activities, therefore, which we have discussed above (since they are carried out through Reason under the appearance of good, or are hindered by Reason under the appearance of evil) can only be subsumed under that inclination which is called Desire, and by no means under the designation of Will, which is altogether inappropriate.
