Conclusion:
Habit allows for
the inclination of the organs of movement towards nature, in which nature is
beyond the will but at the same time necessarily bound to it.
“Beyond the
influence of the central organ of the will- that is to say, within the
immediate organs of movements- the inclinations constituting the habit are formed,
and the ideas are realized. Such inclinations, such ideas become more and more
the form, the way of being, even the very being of these organs.” (57)
Premises:
1. Movement
results from an inclination that originates from the will (55).
2.
Consciousness, insofar as it is aware of this inclination, is directed towards
the end or goal that the will proposes (55).
3. The goal of
the will is its own actualization, made possible by inclination moving further
away from the will.
4. The beginning
and end of movement are separate domains
a. These domains, while they maintain their own identities, still relate to each
other via the movement between them.
b. Movement is what relates the will
and nature, which are two extremes on opposite sides of movement; will is the
origin and nature can be viewed as the end.
c. The transition between these
domains is continuous, and cannot be sensed (57).
5. In initiating
a relation, movement itself fuses with the end, such that there is no
separation between the domains of being and thought, of what is real and what
is ideal, and of nature and the will (55).
6. Habit
represents this movement, which continually binds, yet preserves, the will and
nature by acting as an ever-changing, dynamic middle line that mediates them
(59).
7. Despite being
the distinguishable goal of movement, nature ultimately has its realization in
the will and the will has its realization in nature.
a. Such realization, fueled by habit, is constitutive of the organs of movement.
Achieving an end that improves what's already in nature is easier than achieving one that isn't in nature. This is to say, it's easier to improve your good habits than it is to amend your bad ones. When you're amending bad habits, you're working against your nature and there is a bigger gap between your nature and your will. When you're improving good habits however, the gap is shorter and you improve faster.
ReplyDeleteThis explains a few things. For example:
1) Why many subjects/games/essays are difficult when we first start, but become easier as we progress.
2) Why we often achieve the new years resolutions that involve fun, but rarely achieve the ones that involve drastic, unaccustomed change.
3) Why a loss is difficult to handle the first few days/weeks, but is easy to cope with as time goes on.
The concept of habit allowing for inclination of the organs of movement toward nature beyond the will but bound to it makes me think that our organs are not controlled to act based on our will to act in any way possible but rather, our will to act anyhow is the premise acting to connect that nature of our organs to moving as nature makes them bound to be controlled to our will. I am trying to imagine that nature is in control of our organs and our will might possibly be just a factor helping in this process? How can I imagine this possible ? This thought make us not in control of our acting organs or will? Is our will controlled by nature ? Is our will not ours but nature's will? Is our will not as important and powerful as we think? Is nature the highest factor to organs movement ? How strong is our will status on our organs movement? Is nature the greatest factor and will just a helping factor to reaching nature acting on our organs movement?
ReplyDeleteAccording to Ravaisson,movements are habit that going to be created because of will and necessity. Since movements are going to incline towards a goal, they are going to be led by intelligence and break away from will or consciousness. Movements will pass to be an uncontrolled mechanism and remain in the same intelligent activity that originated them.
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