appetition
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For reason withdraws us from opinion, and not from appetition or imagination.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
The antithesis of cognition and appetition gives the basis for the division into theoretical and practical philosophy.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
Where the perceptions are conscious and rational appetition rises into will.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
Einleitung in die Philosophie, Berlin, 1896, S. 135—apud Mercier, loc. cit.243.and also appetitive; as in mental life appetition is a natural consequent of perception.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Sensuous, prudential, or moral appetition has always an "interest" in the actual existence of the object; the beautiful, on the other hand, calls forth a disinterested satisfaction.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
