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Single Idea 1724

[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception ]

Full Idea

Where there is perception there is also pleasure and pain, and where there are these, of necessity also appetite.

Gist of Idea

Perception necessitates pleasure and pain, which necessitates appetite

Source

Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 413b23)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'De Anima (On the Soul)', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1986], p.160