What does «concupiscible» mean in Spanish?
- Desirable, appetizing, passionate.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la lujuria es el deseo carnal o apetito concupiscible".
- In ethics, it refers to the tendency of the will toward the sensible good, toward material goods.
Examples of use in Spanish: "deseos concupiscibles".
"todo hombre es sujeto a las pasiones propias, mayormente a las concupiscibles, que turban de tal manera la claridad del entendimiento humano".
- It refers to the sensitive appetite that makes us desire what is convenient for the conservation and comfort of the individual or the species. In scholastic terminology they are called "passions".
Examples of use in Spanish: "apetito concupiscible".
"lo domina la parte concupiscible, la de los apetitos materiales".
- (alma concupiscible) According to Plato, one of the three parts into which the soul is divided; it is the mortal part of the human soul, the most related to the body, which is responsible for the passions, pleasures and sensitive desires. It contains sexual desires, appetites for food, fame, wealth, etc., and is destroyed at death. Plato places it in the abdomen (liver). The other divisions of the soul according to Plato were the irascible (which seeks glory and honors) and the rational (which craves knowledge of forms).
Examples of use in Spanish: "en el mito del carro alado, Platón representa el alma concupiscible con la metáfora del caballo malo, poco dócil y que dirige al carro hacia el mundo sensible", elenciclopedista.com.ar