An Introduction to Ancient Philosphy, by A.H. Armstrong:
"The direction of the will, the way we choose, is the determining factor in the life of man and the driving force of the will is love.
'Pondus meum amor meus; eo feror quocumque feror'.
'My love is my wieght; by it I am carried wherever I am carried' (Confessions XIII)
Love moves the will and so the whole [person], as its weight irresistibly carries a body to its natural position. Therefore living rightly is loving rightly, delighting in and being altogether carried away by the desire of our proper object, which is god.
The driving force of the will is love
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