Theological Theses · §2356 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Delight in the will and movements of the appetite

Thesis XXXVII. Under this heading they also place an inner delight in the will, which usually follows such enlightenments.

They add various movements that God stirs up in the appetite, such as love, fear, hope, sorrow, shame and similar feelings. By these the higher reason is sometimes drawn and inclined to pursue virtue and turn away from vice.

Latin

XXXVII. In hoc genere quoque ponunt interiorem quandam delectationem in voluntate, ex ejusmodi illustrationibus sequi solitam. Et praeterea varios motus qui divinitus excitantur in appetitu: qualia sunt amor, timor, spes, dolor, & confusio, & similes affectiones, quibus trahitur, & inclinatur interdum ratio superior, ut virtutem sectetur, & declinet vitia.

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