Volition in the Reception of Ideas––Is this free-will in the reception or rejection of ideas the limit of man’s responsibility in the conduct of his life?
Probably it is; for an idea once received must run its course, unless it be superseded by another idea, in the reception of which volition is again exercised.
Origin of Ideas.
How do ideas originate?
They appear to be spiritual emanations from spiritual beings; thus, one man conveys to another the idea which is a very part of himself.