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There are significant relationships, of course, between wanting things and caring about them..the notion of caring is in large part constructed out of the notion of desire. caring about something may be, in the end, nothing more than a certain complex mode of wanting it. however, simply attributing desire to a person does not in itself convey that the person cares about the object he desires.
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There Are Significant Relationships, Of Course, Between

Harry Frankfurt
There are significant relationships, of course, between wanting things and caring about them..the notion of caring is in large part constructed out of the notion of desire. caring about something may be, in the end, nothing more than a certain complex mode of wanting it. however, simply attributing desire to a person does not in itself convey that the person cares about the object he desires.
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