appetition

English

Etymology

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

Noun

appetition (countable and uncountable, plural appetitions)

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