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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 Falckenberg, Richard

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 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

All exercises of the Will are, in some degree or other, exercises of the soul’s appetition or aversion; or which is the same thing, of its love or hatred.

From Doctrine of the Will by Mahan, Asa

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




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