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1. Toward an Existential Theory of Motivation 1. Toward an Existential Theory of Motivation
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1.1. The Transmission Principle: A Problem in the Theory of Motivation 1.1. The Transmission Principle: A Problem in the Theory of Motivation
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1.2. The Existential Core Argument 1.2. The Existential Core Argument
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2. Plato's Erosiac Model of Motivation 2. Plato's Erosiac Model of Motivation
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2.1. Introduction to Orexis 2.1. Introduction to Orexis
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2.2. Three Types of Desire in the Republic 2.2. Three Types of Desire in the Republic
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2.3. The Lack Model in the Symposium 2.3. The Lack Model in the Symposium
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2.4. Diotima and Aquinas: Formal Egoism, Intended Goods, and By-Products 2.4. Diotima and Aquinas: Formal Egoism, Intended Goods, and By-Products
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3. From Plato's Middle Soul to Aristotle's Intellectual Appetite 3. From Plato's Middle Soul to Aristotle's Intellectual Appetite
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3.1. Thumos as Indeterminate Motive-Power 3.1. Thumos as Indeterminate Motive-Power
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3.2. Williams on Homer's Moral Psychology 3.2. Williams on Homer's Moral Psychology
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3.3. Aristotle's Generalization of the Middle Soul 3.3. Aristotle's Generalization of the Middle Soul
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4 The Erosiac Structure of Desire in Plato and Aristotle
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Published:July 2007
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Abstract
This chapter explores how an investigation of the Greek “erosiac” model of motivation supports the main argument for the existential conception of the striving will. It clarifies the idea of projective motivation by contrast with the conception of desire developed in Plato's moral psychology, which is then incorporated into Aristotle's eudaimonism. The chapter also focuses on themes from Plato's Lysis, Meno, Republic, and Symposium, with emphasis on the account of desire-as-lack in the Symposium. Drawing on work in contemporary moral psychology, it distinguishes three different types of desire in the Republic and differentiates targetable from non-targetable goals.
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