What does Anatole mean by "will" here?
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Another quote of his might clarify : "It is by acts and not by ideas that people live."
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As in it's better to have the force of will to live out your ideas, rather than merely express them?
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1/ It has multiple meanings for me. 1. Our actions, not our ideas, define us. 2. Action to idea > idea to action 3.https://twitter.com/mistermircea/status/875964080598765568 …
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2/ Understanding will is part of understanding yourself as an individual, and therefore an inextricable part of any real education.
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3/ So your education, in life, or otherwise, ought to teach you what will is and how to yield it.
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4/ If this doesn't happen—as is the case for most of what passes for education—you become a vessel for knowledge, but knowing nothing.
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5/ Which reminds me of this talk by Osho I was reading recently http://www.osho.com/iosho/library/read-book/online-library-intelligent-knowledge-seen-bf41c97b-109?p=1ce09bcbbcc95f726a92b29dcbafcc66 …
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