appetition
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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 Richard Falckenberg
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 Richard Falckenberg
Animals are mere machines; they are bodies animated, but soulless; they lack conscious perception and appetition, though not the appearance of them.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
Impulse or appetition was the principle in the soul which impelled to action.
From Guide to Stoicism by St. George William Joseph Stock
Now those who withhold their assent and doubt of all things take not away this, but make use of the appetition or instinct naturally conducting every man to that which seems convenient for him.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
