intellective
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So my intellective function from the day I met her started going up to keep up with her.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2021
Now this act of the will differs from actual love, considered not only as being in the sensitive appetite but also as being in the intellective appetite or will.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Secondly, the irascible may be taken in a broader sense, so as to belong also to the intellective appetite, to which also anger is sometimes ascribed.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Therefore prayer is an act, not of the appetitive, but of the intellective power.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Therefore curiosity about intellective knowledge cannot be sinful.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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