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Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features are commonly associated with desires. They are seen as propositional attitudes towards conceivable states of affairs. They represent how an agent or organism wills things to be, unlike beliefs, which aim to represent how…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desire | causes | the subject to have this desire | 0.90 | text |
| Desire | is a | more fundamental notion and that preferences are to be defined in terms of desires | 0.90 | text |
| Desire | is a | form of lack related to incompleteness or a lost object | 0.90 | text |
| Desire | is a | human appetite for a given object of attention | 0.90 | text |
| Desire | is a | driving force for both Scarlett and the hero | 0.90 | text |
| Desire | is a | key motivating influence on the narrative of the film | 0.90 | text |
| erotic desire | instance of | Philippe Borgeaud's novels analyse how emotions | 0.80 | text |
| seduction are connected to fear | instance of | Philippe Borgeaud's novels analyse how emotions | 0.80 | text |
| wrath by examining cases where people are worried about issues of impurity | instance of | Philippe Borgeaud's novels analyse how emotions | 0.80 | text |
| sin | instance of | Philippe Borgeaud's novels analyse how emotions | 0.80 | text |
| and shame.FilmsJust as desire is central to the written fiction genre of romance | instance of | Philippe Borgeaud's novels analyse how emotions | 0.80 | text |
| it is the central theme of melodrama films | instance of | Philippe Borgeaud's novels analyse how emotions | 0.80 | text |
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