As we have learned from René Girard, this is precisely how desires are born: I desire something by way of imitation, because someone else already has it.
This "non-existence" can be two-fold: i) I can desire something which cannot exist either logically or physically, for example, I can desire that I had wings; ii) if I desire something to be the case, then what I desire does not exist, yet.
The theory has the further unhappy consequence that we cannot desire what we believe to be bad, let alone what is bad, since from the very fact that I desire something, it follows that for me, at least, it is good.
My heart may zip about a bit in anticipation, but usually I receive what I request and if not in the form I desire, something equally or even more heart and soul satisfying shows up.
"So I take it as it comes, and if I'm finding that I'm desiring something, I'm going to go and find it for myself".
And I won't take a lot of pills" Participant 18 also desired something other than medications, "I don't want more drugs but I want pain management".
I can love the idea of equality or I can desire something which does not exist.
Another desired something interesting on the Upper East Side.
As each new product got a AAA rating, competitors desired something with an even better yield.
Something longed for, wanted, desired; something not being addressed or provided elsewhere.
He assumed that just because he desired something, that made it real enough.
