deliberately chosen, purposed
Ancient Greek word, found 18 times in the texts on Socratos.
Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2.10: … ιστάσειε γὰρ ἄν τις ἐν τῷ γένει πέφυκε καὶ ἐν ποίῳ θεῖναι αὐτὴν χρή, καὶ πότερον οὐ ταὐτὸν τὸ ἑκούσιον καὶ τὸ προαιρετὸν ἢ ταὐτὸν ἐστίν. μάλιστα δὲ λέγεται παρά τινων, καὶ ζητοῦντι δόξειε δʼ ἂν δυοῖν εἶναι θάτερον ἡ προαίρεσις, ἤτ …
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 3.3·2: … ὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀρχαίων πολιτειῶν, ἃς Ὅμηρος ἐμιμεῖτο· οἱ γὰρ βασιλεῖς ἃ προείλοντο ἀνήγγελλον τῷ δήμῳ. ὄντος δὲ τοῦ προαιρετοῦ βουλευτοῦ ὀρεκτοῦ τῶν ἐφʼ ἡμῖν, καὶ ἡ προαίρεσις ἂν εἴη βουλευτικὴ ὄρεξις τῶν ἐφʼ ἡμῖν· ἐκ τοῦ βουλεύσασθαι γ …
Aristotle, Rhetoric 1.6.26: καὶ ὅλως τὰ προαιρετά· προαιροῦνται δὲ πράττειν τά τε εἰρημένα καὶ τὰ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς κακὰ καὶ τὰ τοῖς φίλοις ἀγαθὰ καὶ τὰ δυνατά·