2007-02-09 10:05:42 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Idk - you tell me.
2007-02-09 10:08:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you feel any desire at all even the desire to be free, then you are not truly free of desire.
2007-02-09 18:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you must define desire. Desire is the want of something. You then define freedom. Freedom is to be able to do things in anyway you want, but in this case it means to not have. To not have the ability to want, you must want the abilitity to not have the ability to not want.
Simply put it, you cannot be free of desire. Let us say we are free of desire, then we wont work, and we wont do anything, because we do not WANT to. Yet that is a decision that requires you to WANT to NOT WANT to work.
2007-02-09 19:13:17 · answer #3 · answered by forwardtodarkness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a false philosophy. I think the intent is to acknowledge your desires and then to consciously choose which ones you will act on; rather than letting your desires dictate your actions. As one matures your desires change and mature along with you. When you are young the desires are those of the flesh, as you mature they progress through the mind and spirit. However a life lived without any desire is to live a life that is dull and without purpose.
2007-02-09 18:22:00 · answer #4 · answered by Bruce H 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There r some good answers here.
I think in a way it's true, just because to be free you must want it first. It's not normally a thing that falls into your lap. But as a piece of wisdom it's too simplistic and trite to really mean anything.
2007-02-09 20:57:41 · answer #5 · answered by q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No thats not true, to desire to be free is desire.
2007-02-13 17:13:04 · answer #6 · answered by ktbaron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you desire to be free, then you will be free.
2007-02-09 18:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-02-09 18:08:15 · answer #8 · answered by helplessromatic2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As with almost any cliche, it is about as true as it is false...if you try formulating meaning in a more careful, specific sense, your point will be more persuasive.
2007-02-09 18:08:57 · answer #9 · answered by Qwyrx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. That is not true.
One must only be in the moment.
2007-02-09 20:24:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, it is very much so.
2007-02-09 18:09:07 · answer #11 · answered by maria fkun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋