3 notes tagged "desires"
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adapting by curbing our desires
we learned early that trying out who we are in the world often produced negative reactions … we learned to curb our desires, adapt, perhaps even
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mimetic desire
René Girard, theologian discovered that most of what we desire is mimetic (mi-met-ik) or imitative, not intrinsic. Humans learn—through imitation—to
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sympathy is easier than empathy
Sympathy is far easier to practice than empathy, sharing the same root, they both come from the Greek word pathos, which roughly means “feeling.”
#sympathy #empathy #greek #desires #mirroring