Will and Indecision

'Buridan's Ass' is an image of immobility due to indecision, i. e. the impulses to move in conflicting directions cancel each other out. Now, this image is a special case of nascent Will, i. e. of self-activation driving in all directions at once, and, hence, resulting in immobilization. Furthermore, the point of departure of Will is always a comprehension of one's situation hitherto, which usually includes a perception of external circumstances. It is this combination of external perception and nascent Will, which, when abstracted and refined, constitutes the various processes of detachment that have been important in Philosophy and other disciplines, e. g. Stoic withdrawal, Cartesian doubt, Phenomenological epoche, etc. Common to these methods is their failure to recognize their volitional component, and, hence, that they entail a physiological moment in their presumed escapes from corporeality.