#pg 184

[hyeoni-comb]

"You know, it'd be a lot easier to hate her if she wasn't so hot," Niya huffed. "You say that," Teo panted, "about everyone." "It's not my fault we're all really hot, Teo!"

from The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

[perkwunos]

A living occasion is characterized by a flash of novelty among the appetitions of its mental pole. Such 'appetitions,' i.e., 'conceptual prehensions,' can be 'pure' or 'impure.' An 'impure' prehension arises from the integration of a 'pure' conceptual prehension with a physical prehension originating in the physical pole. The datum of a pure conceptual prehension is an eternal object; the datum of an impure prehension is a proposition, otherwise termed a 'theory.'

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… with the growth of intensity in the mental pole, evidenced by the flash of novelty in appetition, the appetition takes the form of a 'propositional prehension.' ... They are the prehensions of 'theories.' It is evident, however, that the primary function of theories is as a lure for feeling, thereby providing immediacy of enjoyment and purpose. Unfortunately theories, under their name of 'propositions,' have been handed over to logicians, who have countenanced the doctrine that their one function is to be judged as to their truth or falsehood. Indeed Bradley does not mention 'propositions' in his Logic. He writes only of 'judgments.' Other authors define propositions as a component in judgment. The doctrine here laid clown is that, in the realization of propositions, 'judgment' is at very rare component, and so is 'consciousness.' The existence of imaginative literature should have warned logicians that their narrow doctrine is absurd. It is difficult to believe that all logicians as they read Hamlet's speech, "To be, or not to be: ... " commence by judging whether the initial proposition be true or false, and keep up the task of judgment throughout the whole thirty-five lines. Surely, at some point in the reading, judgment is eclipsed by aesthetic delight. The speech, for the theatre audience, is purely theoretical, a mere lure for feeling.

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The 'lure for feeling' is the final cause guiding the concrescence of feelings. By this concrescence the multifold datum of the primary phase is gathered into the unity of the final satisfaction of feeling. ...

Alfred North Whitehead, Process and Reality, Part II, Chapter IX, Section I

[mistbornbaby]

“All right,” Kelsier said. “Get back to your teaching. Lord Venture is throwing a ball at the end of the week, and—ready or not—Vin is going to be there.”

cause, yknow, nothing Ventured, nothing gained, amiright??

[mistbornbaby]

Few men, Allomancers or not, would fare well in a fight with a Keeper whose anger had been roused.

Heck yeah, my OP Sazed! Show em who’s boss! Destroy your enemies with sass AND with muscles!

That was probably why the Ministry had hunted the sect virtually to extinction.

[hyeoni-comb]

“So,” Julian prompted again. “Why isn’t that enough?” “It won’t be enough for the rest of the brujx,” Yadriel pushed back. “They’ll need more proof.” “Not good enough for them, or not good enough for you?” Julian asked, finally looking over at him. The question struck him in the chest. “It’s complicated—” “Because—and I’m not trying to back out of our deal, here—but if this is just to prove yourself to them—” “They’re my family—” “Well, screw them, if they’re making you go through all this crap!” Julian snapped. Yadriel was caught between wanting to defend his family and appreciating what Julian was trying to say. Mostly, he was tired and frustrated. He was tired of fighting, on all fronts. “It’s not that simple—” “I mean, Flaca isn’t any less of a girl just because other people look at her and don’t see her as one,” Julian went on. “Just because she’s not on hormones or whatever, or ‘cause she’s not ‘passing’, doesn’t mean other people get to decide who she is. And the same goes for you.” Heat bloomed in Yadriel’s cheeks. “You don’t owe anybody shit,” Julian told him, stormy anger brewing behind dark eyes.

from Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

[pickledeyes]

Whenever we were unruly, my mother had a habit of grabbing us by one ear and twisting to keep us compliant. I put that to good use now when Fox drew close.

“If you’ll excuse us,” I said to an astonished Likh and a rather amused Zoya before dragging him off so I could scream at him in private. My brother might no longer feel pain, but he reacted on instinct, his protests ceasing only after I let go.

- The Heart Forger, Rin Chupeco

[perkwunos]

It is evident, however, that the primary function of theories is as a lure for feeling, thereby providing that immediacy of enjoyment and purpose. Unfortunately theories, under their name of 'propositions,' have been handed over to logicians, who have countenanced the doctrine that their one function is to be judged as to their truth or falsehood. Indeed Bradley does not mention 'propositions' in his Logic. He writes only of 'judgments.' Other authors define propositions as a component in judgment. The doctrine here laid down is that, in the realization of propositions, 'judgment' is a very rare component, and so is 'consciousness.'

Alfred North Whitehead, Process and Reality

[onenightonemoretimescans]

(pg 183 to pg 184; part of the Tour on Infinity on High Collection)