CL 490, 491,493 - the will and the intellect, character, purpose and intention

CL 490 [3]
1. The will by itself accomplishes nothing on its own,
but whatever it does it does through the intellect.

2. Conversely, too, the intellect by itself accomplishes nothing on its own,
but whatever it does it does from the will.

3. The will flows into the intellect, and not the intellect into the will;
but the intellect makes known what is good and what is evil
and advises the will, in order that it may choose
between the two and do that which it prefers.

4. After that a twofold conjunction of the two takes place,
one in which the will operates inwardly and the intellect outwardly,
the other in which the intellect operates inwardly and the will outwardly.

CL 491
Now, because evils and falsities can be defended
just as easily as goods and truths,
and because the intellect in defending them
draws the will over to its side,
and the will together with the intellect forms the mind,
it follows that the form of the human mind
has its character in accordance with its persuasions . . ..

Whatever character the form of a person's mind has,
moreover, such also is the character of his spirit;
consequently, such is the character of the person.

CL 493
That which springs from the very essence of a person's life,
thus which springs from his will or love,
is in the main called purpose;
while that which springs from the outward expression of his life,
thus from the intellect and its thought,
is called intention.