Of God and His Creatures
That Subsistent Intelligences are Voluntary Agents
GOOD is what all things yearn after, and in all beings there is a
craving (appetitus) for good. In beings unendowed with any sort
of cognition, this craving is called 'physical appetite' (appetitus
naturalis) .* In beings that have
sensitive cognition it is called 'animal appetite,' and is divided into
'concupiscible' and 'irascible.'* In
intelligent beings it is called the 'intellectual' or 'rational
appetite,' otherwise the 'will.'
2.46 : That it was necessary for the Perfection of the Universe that there should be some Intellectual Natures
2.48 : That Subsistent Intelligences have Free Will