irascible appetite

== English == === Noun === irascible appetite (uncountable) (philosophy, psychology, Thomism) The emotional drive or capacity to overcome difficulties, fight against obstacles, or resist threats; one of the two parts of the appetitive soul in Aristotelian and Thomistic psychology, the other being the concupiscible appetite. ==== Usage notes ==== In Aristotelian and Thomistic philosophy, the irascible appetite is distinguished from the concupiscible appetite. While the concupiscible appetite pursues what is pleasurable and avoids what is painful, the irascible appetite responds to difficulty and resistance, enabling the pursuit of arduous goods and the overcoming of obstacles. ==== Antonyms ==== concupiscible appetite