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   Richmond to oldernow   
   Re: The self torture also known as want   
   24 Feb 25 18:27:35   
   
   From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   oldernow  writes:   
      
   > On 2025-02-24, Richmond  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Go for what you want.   
   >>>   
   >>> -OR-   
   >>>   
   >>> Realize the you that wants is the you that lacks, because the state   
   >>> of want is a state of lack.   
   >>>   
   >>> In other words 'want' and 'lack' are synonyms.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> But we lack what we want, and we also lack what we need. In King   
   >> James English 'want' and 'need' might be the same, but not in modern   
   >> English.   
   >   
   > Good thing one of us enjoys relocating context to semantics!   
      
   How can you enjoy anything if you have no ego?   
      
   Wittgenstein thought language was important.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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