appetition

noun

appetition

noun

Etymology From Latin appetītiō (“a longing or desire”).

1

A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.

Aristotle: The Politics, T. A. Sinclair (trans.), Book 3 Ch 14, Par 1287a10, Penguin Group 1962. Hence law is intelligence without appetition.

Related terms: appetite

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