PHIL-201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Upanishads, Noble Eightfold Path, Steven Collins
4 Oct 2017
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We can choose to have cravings or not, egoistic attachment or not. Craving is a response to the aggregates: the only thing that differentiates people is the. Second order desires attach an ego to desire. A craving for food is an attachment to self. Henry wants a donut : subject henry, predicate: wants a donut. Aggregates such as wanting or feeling are subject to change; but predicates require a. We cannot control much the rising and passing of the aggregates (ex frustration will come and go). But craving is a reaction to the movement of aggregates: we assoiciate the aggregates with our own person. We cannot choose the states we undergo, but we can choose our reactions to the movement of aggregates composition of their aggregates, not some unchanging underlying entity. Craving involves desires about the aggregates: second order desires. Can be cravings: second order desires are desires about desires.
