appetition

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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