Orexis

[Greek: orexis] means literally "a grasping at or after" now as this physically may be either vague or definite, so too may the mental act, consequently the term as transferred to the mind has two uses, and denotes either the first wish, [Greek: boulaesis], or the last definite movement, Will in its strict and proper sense. ❋ 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle (N/A)

But one obvious function of the feelings and passions in our composite nature is to instigate Action, when Reason and Conscience by themselves do not: so that as a matter of fact our Moral Choice is, in general, fairly described as [Greek: orexis dianoetike]. ❋ 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle (N/A)

These two uses are recognised in the Rhetoric (I 10), where [Greek: orexis] is divided into ❋ 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle (N/A)

[Greek: orexis], desire of a thing, which is opposed to [Greek: ekklisis], aversion. ❋ Emperor Of Rome Marcus Aurelius (1839)

* eph 'hemin men hupolepsis, horme, orexis, ekklisis, kai heni logo hosa hemetera erga: [1770] 1 ❋ Unknown (1895)

[1427] cf. Epictetus, Ench.i. eph 'hemin men hupolepsis, horme, orexis, ekklisis, kai heni logo hosa hemetera erga. ❋ Unknown (1895)

That difference is founded, I think, on the two senses of [Greek: orexis] before alluded to (note, p. 53, l. ❋ 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle (N/A)

(Orexin comes from the Greek word for appetite, "orexis ''.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. " ❋ Unknown (2008)