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Necessary Desires

Necessary Desires is a philosophical construct within Epicurean ethics denoting those natural desires that are essential for human well-being and must be fulfilled to achieve a state of ataraxia, distinguishing them from vain or unnecessary desires by their grounding in physiological and psychological necessity.

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28

Authors

16

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2017–2026

3

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Publications

24

The dangerous passion: why jealousy is as necessary as love and sex

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 702 citations

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Rumpelstiltskin's Pleasures: True and False Pleasures in Plato's Philebus

Dorothea Frede · Phronesis · 1985 · 140 citations

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Wanting as Believing

Lloyd Humberstone · Canadian Journal of Philosophy · 1987 · 53 citations

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Globalisation, Hegemony and Passive Revolution

Anne Showstack Sassoon · New Political Economy · 2001 · 49 citations

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Goal directedness and decision making in infants.

Ben Kenward, Sara Folke, Jacob Holmberg et al. · Developmental Psychology · 2009 · 40 citations

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Authors

28

  1. SR
    Soran Reader

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  2. ZS
    Zoé Samudzi

    Clark University, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  3. JD
    John Duffy

    University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  4. SF
    Sara Folke

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  5. BK
    Ben Kenward

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    1 publications · 40 citations

    1

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Institutions

16

  1. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  2. St. Olaf College

    Northfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  3. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  4. Kensington Health

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  5. International School of Management

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  6. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  7. Cabot (United States)

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

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Venues

  1. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  2. Phronesis

    2 publications · 156 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 723 citations

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  4. Franciscan studies

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. Review of African Political Economy

    1 publications · 39 citations

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