The idea of the will implies agency and choice between possible actions. It also implies a kind of determination to carry out an action once it has been chosen; a posi-tive drive or desire to accomplish an action. The saying “Where there'sa will there'sa way” expresses this notion as a piece of folk wisdom. These are pragmatically and experientially informed dimensions of the idea. But in ad-dition, the concept of the will as it appears in a number of cross-cultural and historical contexts implies a further framework, the framework of cosmol [Book Review]

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