advertence

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Most theologians since the Council of Trent maintain that the inordinate movements of passion which precede the advertence of reason, such as lust, envy, sloth, etc., are not sins.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

What attracts the sensitive appetite, commonly allures also the affective will, though on advertence the elective will may reject it.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

Here as in all exercise, companionship which removes conscious attention from advertence to the will greatly aids.

From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Superficial attention is that advertence of soul which applies itself to the correct recitation of the words, avoiding errors of pronunciation, mutilation, transposition, etc., etc.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.

Hir advertence is alwey elles-where; For Troilus ful faste hir soule soughte; With-outen word, alwey on him she thoughte.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey