appetition

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Now those who withhold their assent and doubt of all things take not away this, but make use of the appetition or instinct naturally conducting every man to that which seems convenient for him.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

For reason withdraws us from opinion, and not from appetition or imagination.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

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

Impulse or appetition was the principle in the soul which impelled to action.

From Guide to Stoicism by Stock, St. George William Joseph

The antithesis of cognition and appetition gives the basis for the division into theoretical and practical philosophy.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard