Desire and Fate

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Desire and Fate

Desire and Fate

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Feb 19, 2024
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Nils Bohr once said that while “opposite of a correct statement is a false statement,” that “the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.” One of the more infantile aspects of the current politicization (in reality, a romanticization) of desire is its incapacity to accept the reality of revulsion. It is as if one limited one’s un…

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