It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
Samuel AlexanderYou can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well.
Samuel AlexanderWe cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
Samuel AlexanderThe perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
Samuel Alexander