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Re: what's the difference between a need and a want?         


Author: ZerkonX
Date: Aug 20, 2008 06:46

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:07:50 -0700, sirblob2 wrote:
> actually im looking for references for this in ancient greek
> philosophers. which ones of those clever chops had a nice go at it? or
> was it ruskin?

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King Lear..

O, reason not the need:

our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous:

Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life's as cheap as
beast's:
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Lear may have said (badly):

Reason not the need but the want.

Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life's as cheap as
beast's, 'Tis want that makes Man's life above the dirt.
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Re: what's the difference between a need and a want?         


Author: The Starmaker
Date: Aug 20, 2008 11:05

ZerkonX wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:07:50 -0700, sirblob2 wrote:
>
>> actually im looking for references for this in ancient greek
>> philosophers. which ones of those clever chops had a nice go at it? or
>> was it ruskin?
>
> =======================
> King Lear..
>
> O, reason not the need:
>
> our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous:
>
> Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life's as cheap as
> beast's:
> =======================
>
> Lear may have said (badly): ...
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Re: what's the difference between a need and a want?         


Author: The Starmaker
Date: Aug 20, 2008 11:23

The Starmaker wrote:
>
> ZerkonX wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:07:50 -0700, sirblob2 wrote:
>>
>>> actually im looking for references for this in ancient greek
>>> philosophers. which ones of those clever chops had a nice go at it? or
>>> was it ruskin?
>>
>> =======================
>> King Lear..
>>
>> O, reason not the need:
>>
>> our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous:
>>
>> Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life's as cheap as
>> beast's:
>> ======================= ...
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Re: what's the difference between a need and a want?         


Author: Anim8rFSK
Date: Aug 20, 2008 14:48

"And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Witchita lineman
Is still on the liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnneee"

--
Multiple root canals; hopped up on multiple pain drugs.

It's an explanation, not an excuse!
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Re: what's the difference between a need and a want?         


Author: Howard Brazee
Date: Aug 20, 2008 15:01

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:23:52 -0700, The Starmaker
ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>The 3 basic needs are food, shelter, and clothing.

Not to mention air.
>I don't know anybody who says, "I want a shirt."

I already have a shirt. I have heard people say "I want a hotdog". I
have also heard people say "you nee an education", or "you need to go
to room 420".

These needs are for the goal of survival. There are other goals.
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