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Passion (Greek πάσχω "to suffer, to be acted on" [1] and Late Latin (chiefly Christian [2]) passio "passion; suffering") [3] denotes strong and intractable or barely controllable emotion or inclination with respect to a particular person or thing. Passion can range from eager interest in, or admiration for, an idea, proposal, or cause; to ...
ἔκκλισις: aversion, inclination away from a thing. Opposite of orexis. ekpyrôsis ἐκπύρωσις: cyclical conflagration of the Universe. eph' hêmin ἐφ' ἡμῖν: up to us, what is in our power, e.g. the correct use of impressions. epistêmê ἐπιστήμη: certain and true knowledge, over and above that of katalêpsis ...
The Greek word pathos was a wide-ranging term indicating an infliction one suffers. [35] The Stoics used the word to discuss many common emotions such as anger, fear and excessive joy. [ 36 ] A passion is a disturbing and misleading force in the mind which occurs because of a failure to reason correctly.
In the context of some religions, temptation is the inclination to sin. Temptation also describes the coaxing or inducing a person into committing such an act, by manipulation or otherwise of curiosity , desire or fear of loss something important to a person.
According to him, passion is defined as a strong inclination for an activity (or object, person, belief) that one loves, values, invests time and energy in, and which is part of identity. His model posited the existence of two types of passion: "harmonious" (under the person's control) and "obsessive" (that comes to control the person).
Conatus is, for Baruch Spinoza, where "each thing, as far as it lies in itself, strives to persevere in its being." [a]In the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, conatus (/ k oʊ ˈ n eɪ t ə s /; wikt:conatus; Latin for "effort; endeavor; impulse, inclination, tendency; undertaking; striving") is an innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says human-directed AI-controlled drones are the future of war. Schmidt's startup, White Stork, is developing drones for Ukraine to use in its war with Russia.
This inclination toward sin and evil is called "concupiscence" (CCC 405, 418). Baptism , the Catechism teaches, erases original sin and turns a man back towards God. The inclination toward sin and evil persists, however, and he must continue to struggle against concupiscence (CCC 2520).