Here he yields nothing, as he owes nothing, to that appetency which binds him to the natural world.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
It is that sense of life-preserving and life-enhancing appetency which is the conscious accompaniment of struggle.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
Such appetency or bare consciousness is the essential or substantial state of that which appears as physical nature.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry