If the relation between will or desire and action is taken to be causal, we can consider ourselves to be fortunate in finding that when, say, we want to open a door, at the very least an attempt to open the door ensues, since it is in no way foreign to the notion of cause that such a desire should have issued in a quite different effect,as, say, that of taking off our shoes.
I don't know what you're going on about Nadler. I'm clearly not as clever as I thought I was.
The question is ultimately choosing what to react to. Reacting (ie thinking) after reading some Adam Phillips is a joy. Reacting to people who piss you off by going into a crowded lecture theater and shooting them is a crime.
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but there is some joy in reacting, no?
and maybe it technically wouldn't be called 'joy.'
If the relation between will or desire and action is taken to be causal, we can consider ourselves to be fortunate in finding that when, say, we want to open a door, at the very least an attempt to open the door ensues, since it is in no way foreign to the notion of cause that such a desire should have issued in a quite different effect,as, say, that of taking off our shoes.
Patience NOW Dammit!
I don't know what you're going on about Nadler. I'm clearly not as clever as I thought I was.
The question is ultimately choosing what to react to. Reacting (ie thinking) after reading some Adam Phillips is a joy. Reacting to people who piss you off by going into a crowded lecture theater and shooting them is a crime.
I can make you clever
Is that like one of the frequent missives I get in my inbox promising to make my cock larger?
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