| ### QUESTION 13 ### OF CHOICE, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL WITH REGARD TO THE MEANS ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the acts of the will with regard to the means. There are three of them: to choose, to consent, and to use. And choice is preceded by counsel. First of all, then, we must consider choice: secondly, counsel; thirdly, consent; fourthly, use. #### Concerning choice there are six points of inquiry: #### (1) Of what power is it the act; of the will or of the reason? #### (2) Whether choice is to be found in irrational animals? #### (3) Whether choice is only the means, or sometimes also of the end? #### (4) Whether choice is only of things that we do ourselves? #### (5) Whether choice is only of possible things? #### (6) Whether man chooses of necessity or freely? ####  |