The object of our desire, The Mechanics of Virtue, Matt berry, aphorism 48

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We give more attention to what we want than to the fact that we want.  The object of our desire is often a dispensable conduit.  The human spirit appears fickle.  It will have an enemy, but only as long as this is not its rival’s enemy – in which case, enmity itself can become “evil,” if in holding to the moral position it can imagine itself at a superior rank.  We will gratify our enmity, declaring war in the name of Justice and in the next breath condemn a rival’s enmity in the name of Peace and Compassion.  The human spirit appears fickle; however, we are quite consistent as dispensing machines.




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