Sentence examples for on desires from inspiring English sources

There are, in particular, circumstances in which an agent may be subject to, and act on, desires and wants that are themselves compulsive in nature (e.g., as with a drug addict or kleptomaniac).

A refreshing take on desires both taboo and repressed, Virgin and Other Stories is a promising debut.

Focusing, then, on the requirements of self rule, it can be claimed that to govern oneself one must be in a position to act competently based on desires (values, conditions, etc).

Human beings are capable of making choices, based on desires and reasoning.

But such emotions rest on desires that are unnecessary, unnatural, or even empty.

For like an unhappy junkie, I can act on desires which I desire not to desire.

That is, the pleasure is neither based on desire nor does it produce one by itself.

Future employment would be based on desire, not need, and Ventura had only one choice.

The emphasis is on desire, though.

On Saturday nights, Europe 1 focused on desire.

R.M.: "Happiness: A History," "On Desire," and "The Dying Animal".