The Object of Desire and the Totality of the Real
Desire (as opposed to need) is an intellectual appetite for things that you perceive to be good, but that you have no physical, instinctual basis for wanting – and that’s true whether those things are actually good or not.
Luke Burgis • How to Know What You Really Want
To sum up: From the Platonic perspective, the fundamentals of existence are the archetypal Ideas, which constitute the intangible substrate of all that is tangible. The true structure of the world is revealed not by the senses, but by the intellect, which in its highest state has direct access to the Ideas governing reality.
Richard Tarnas • Passion of the Western Mind
As anyone who has ever invested in the stock market can attest, no sooner have we attained the thing that we thought would make us happy, than we realize that we want more. That is because we are made for God, Augustine said, and God alone can truly satisfy our desire. Whenever we desire this or that material good, we are in an obscure and confused
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