"Desire then is the invasion of the whole……" — Samuel Alexander
"Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self."
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Samuel Alexander
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26 Quotes by Samuel Alexander
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Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects…
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An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth…
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But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of…
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Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of…
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative one to another, or the…
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In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or…
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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be…
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not…
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
— Richard Bach
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated…
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?…
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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