Peter Jones
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But of course, it's love gone wrong in the most obvious way.
William Peraltus, again, describes it as a feeling of out of time.
That you, lust is, you know, love has a duration, you know.
I love you and I'm interested in your stories about your childhood and I'm interested in your future.
Lust isn't interested in any of those things.
I don't really care about your childhood, blah, blah, blah.
And your job interview next week, whatever.
Is there a next week for us?
Lust is a fixation on this present moment.
And, of course, it's caring about the body and not the person.
It's treating someone like an object or a toy.
And they describe this really well in medieval texts.
It's also kind of sensuality in that way and an appreciation of the surfaces of things.
So it's redeemable in the sense that, you know, you are at least paying attention to how things are.
You know, you're interested in other people if you have lust, but, you know, maybe just in the wrong way.
I came out with Pride, which completely makes sense.