Sentences with phrase «desire for the possession»

Men can easily be led to give way to a purely physical attraction towards women, or to an exclusively physical desire for the possession of a woman.

Concern for an object, whether that be desire for possession, aesthetic appreciation, or even a will for its benefit, placed a person at the mercy of forces he could not control.

Not exact matches

He goes his way indifferent to the distribution and division of earthly goods, as one who has no possessions and desires none; he is not concerned for his daily bread, like the birds of the air; he does not trouble himself about house and home, as one who neither has nor seeks a shelter or a resting - place; he is not concerned to follow the dead to the grave; he does not turn his head to look at the things that usually claim the attention of men; he is not bound to any woman, so as to be charmed by her and desirous of pleasing her.

The assumption that eros is the desire for union with, or possession of, the valuable suggests, however, that it lacks what it would have.

Despite our apparent desire to serve in the present world food crisis we are often like the rich young ruler who «went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.»

Don't boast about your possessions or your achievements — there's bound to be a Freudian in the room who'll point out that you are displacing your desire for something more significant in the way of bodily attributes or fulfilling relationships.

We speak of covetousness as a lack of a sense of enough, and we know that on the personal level covetousness leads us to the sinful brink of hoarding, or an inordinate desire for unnecessary possessions at least.

In Fallible Man33 Ricoeur argues that our desires — for possessions, for power, for honor — overrun the limits of our finitude.

This means that the desire for more and more possessions is to be encouraged.

-LSB-...] a copy of VwaV in your possession but have a desire for muffins, may I suggest making Isa's Gingerbread Flax Muffins because... HAWT DANG are they ever GOOD!

The desire to work for each other and win the ball back on the rare occasions we surrendered possession were particularly impressive and the visitors were struggling to cope.

On Tuesday, the side that normally loves to be chased and harried, as they play pass the parcel with the ball and smuggle possession past whosoever tries to run them down, suddenly found that they'd lost their energy and desire for party games.

Removing possessions begins to turn back our desire for more as we find freedom, happiness, and abundance in owning less.

by Walter Chaw There's the seed of an interesting idea in Neil LaBute's Possession — something traceable to A.S. Byatt's melodramatic novel of the same name: the film's one clumsily extended trope that it is about keepsakes and the desire for memento mori and memento amor as it manifests amongst intellectuals.

Rather than open themselves to the possibility of hurt, disappointment or rejection, young women create a sense of commitment, possession and independence that unsuspectingly can counter their desires for love.

«it is this flash itself that seduces» is an exhibition part of Friends with Books Programmes, the artists» works all elicit a shared interest in books and publications and the differing forms of «pleasure» they may evoke, such as voyeurism, the desire for knowledge, escape, and material possession.

Part of falafel's tragic magic, its truth, is in our desire for «possessing possession,» to borrow an expression from Edward Said.

I shudder when thinking about what our children might say about what we have done so poorly and failed to do so spectacularly, all for sake of selfishly fulfilling our insatiable desires for endless material possessions and freedom to live without limits.....

«For and in consideration of the great love I bear this tree and the great desire I have for its protection for all time, I convey entire possession of itself and all land within eight feet of the tree on all sides» - William H. JackFor and in consideration of the great love I bear this tree and the great desire I have for its protection for all time, I convey entire possession of itself and all land within eight feet of the tree on all sides» - William H. Jackfor its protection for all time, I convey entire possession of itself and all land within eight feet of the tree on all sides» - William H. Jackfor all time, I convey entire possession of itself and all land within eight feet of the tree on all sides» - William H. Jackson

It is possible that you might feel jealous — jealousy is broadly defined as the response to a real or imagined threat to a relationship, whereas envy is the desire for another's possessions - after all, seeing your partner with an attractive rival is one of the main triggers of jealousy (see previous post about Facebook and jealousy here).

As American's fuel their desire for materialistic possessions, a significant amount of pressure is placed on proffering the perfect gift, at any cost.