On Desire

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On Desire
Author : William Braxton Irvine
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 20 April 2024
ISBN : 9780195327076
Pages : 337 pages
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Irvine looks at what modern science can tell about desire--what happens in the brain when one desires something and how animals evolved particular desires. He suggests that people who can convince themselves to want what they already have dramatically enhance their happiness.

On Desire

Irvine looks at what modern science can tell about desire--what happens in the brain when one desires something and how animals evolved particular desires. He suggests that people who can convince themselves to want what they already have dramatically enhance their happiness.

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On Desire

Der Band versammelt internationale Positionen zeitbasierter und immersiver Künste sowie einen Essay zur Beziehung des bewegten Bildes zum Begehren

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Desire is a central concept in Aristotle's ethical and psychological works, but he does not provide us with a systematic treatment of the notion itself. This book reconstructs the account of desire latent in his various scattered remarks on the subject and analyses its role in his moral psychology. Topics

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