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Lecture II: Mimetic Desire and Original Sin | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

Johnathan Bi

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The Third End of Being

Gerard Thinksbury: There's a set of rules and customs about what really constitutes reality. And this social reality that we've described is precisely what Gerard Thinksbury are after to be real. The second and closely related end that Gerard takes us in wanting then is to have persistence. We want our identities to last through time, whether it's through progeny or the Chinese emperors.

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