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appetition|æpɪˈtɪʃən|
[ad. L. appetītiōn-em, n. of action f. appetīt-: see appetite n. and -tion.]
The direction of desire towards an object or purpose; longing for, craving, seeking after.
1603Holland Plutarch 917 (R.) Action requireth two things..the apprehension or imagination of that which is convenient..and the instinct or appetition driving unto the same. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 177/1 Philosophy..being the appetition of Divine Knowledge. 1775Harris Philos. Arrangem. (1841) 379 The cause of motion is appetition; of appetition, is privation. 1871Calderwood Kant's Ethics iii. (ed. 3) 161 Appetition, when its inward ground of determination..depends upon the reason of the subject himself, is called Will. |