We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.

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.

It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name.

It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing and the experienc-ed, by technical words.

Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.

... when demand is being destroyed by expensive oil just as expensive oil is incentivising increased production - it should come as no surprise that at some point the markets would react.