appetition
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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
For reason withdraws us from opinion, and not from appetition or imagination.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Pleasure and pain, i.e. hedonic sensation per se, are essentially distinct from appetition and aversion; the pleasures of hearing music or enjoying sunshine are not in general accompanied by any volitional activity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
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
