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Desire — (the) passion

Adriaan Peperzak

pp. 253-261

Why is it so difficult — or even impossible — to agree on that which is most desired by all humans? Why is it so difficult — or even impossible — to say what and how it is even in speaking to oneself? For us, post-Greeks and post-moderns, its very name has become problematic. Is it found in "happiness," "well-being," "goodness," "success," "contentment," being led by a good demon or spirit, union with God?

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1624-6_17

Full citation:

Peperzak, A. (1995)., Desire — (the) passion, in B. Babich (ed.), From phenomenology to thought, errancy, and desire, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 253-261.

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