Re: [lojban] Re: Is there any real diffrence between hope (.a'o) and desire (.au)?

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

On 29 August 2012 06:18, la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe that hope and desire are
>
> 1.human emotions

Desire has obvious primitive evolutionary merits such as "moving the
body towards food or sexual counterparts" that can easily be found in
non-human life forms. It can be triggered by a simple structural state
of the body such as an empty stomach, which is quite different from
how love, pride, etc. would arise.


> 2.can't be derived from anything else. They are semantic primes.

Theorists disagree among themselves as to which emotions are to be
considered basic:

http://changingminds.org/explanations/emotions/basic%20emotions.htm

I'd say hope is more complex than desire. Desire doesn't necessarily
have a temporal implication as hope does. Future vindication would be
significant for hoping something but not for desiring something.


mu'o

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