appetition
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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
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 Falckenberg, Richard
For reason withdraws us from opinion, and not from appetition or imagination.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
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
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
