appetition

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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

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

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

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

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

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