Of God and His Creatures 134That Subsistent Intelligences are Voluntary Agents
Open in the readerCHAPTER XLVII -- That Subsistent Intelligences are Voluntary Agents
GOOD is what all things yearn after, and in all beings there is a craving ( appetitus ) for good. In beings unendowed with any sort of cognition, this craving is called 'physical appetite' ( appetitus naturalis ). In beings that have sensitive cognition it is called 'animal appetite,' and is divided into 'concupiscible' and 'irascible. ' In intelligent beings it is called the 'intellectual' or 'rational appetite,' otherwise the 'will.'