Volition vs Consciousness - What's the difference?
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A conscious choice or decision.
The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
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As nouns the difference between volition and consciousness
is that volition is a conscious choice or decision while consciousness is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness.volition
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Noun
(en noun)- Out of all the factors that can influence a person's decision, none can match the power of his or her own volition .
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(wikipedia consciousness)The machine of a new soul, passage=Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness .}}