This too can introduce hurtful words: "You weren't really concerned about the It is then easy to think that the release of tension was the real object of desire allĪlong. Terms of a kind of build-up of tension, and what the agent is driven to do is to release the Psychologists, especially, have been apt to think of desire in Whenever a person has a concern, what she "really" desires is some state of herself, such This introduces another very dangerous mistake, which is that of thinking that If I am concerned to cut the grass, but do not want to do it, then if Iĭo it, this must be because I do want something else: perhaps just peace of mind, for It might be suggested that when we have a concern there must be something in the Source: p 272, Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy (1 ed, 1999) by Simon Blackburn
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