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... Martha Nussbaum writes “that the central motivation for philosophizing is the urgency of human suffering, and that the goal of philosophy is human flourishing, or eudaimonia. ... 2 Martha Nussbaum presents first the views of Aristotle with regard to the analogy of the philosopher as a doctor to cure false beliefs of the patient, or in this case, the student. ... Epicurus is particularly hostile to love, or eros which is defined as “an intense desire for intercourse, accompanied by agony and distraction. ... This happens when there is a non-necessary desire which is insatiable and intense for such activities. ... Because one is so attached to another person, there is a desire to devour the other. ... Therefore, instead of seeing the other person for what she is, a person is driven by a perception of her that leads to an unsatisfiable desire.
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