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contentment

1 essay on contentment from the Consilium journal. Featuring Arthur Schopenhauer, Abraham Maslow, Mary Wollstonecraft. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Ethics

When Is It Right to Want More Than You Have?

Three thinkers on desire and enough. Schopenhauer says desire is suffering in disguise. Maslow says you cannot stop yourself. Wollstonecraft says wanting more is a political act.

Arthur SchopenhauerAbraham MaslowMary Wollstonecraftambitioncontentment

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