ttbn,

You didn't look far enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_desire

"In philosophy desire has been identified as a philosophical problem in realising the highest state of human nature 'Moksh'. In Plato's The Republic, Socrates argues that individual desires must be postponed in the name of the higher ideal.

Within the teachings of Buddhism, craving is thought to be the cause of all suffering. By eliminating craving, a person can attain ultimate happiness, or Nirvana."

david f,

On OLO remove the 's' from https and the link comes up ready for use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_desire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_desire

Is Mise,

Did I not? Are you going to tell me where I should have looked. I would be very interested to know where I should have looked, and who committed such an atrocity - particularly as an American spell check rejected it.

With regard to your subject, intelligent people don’t get gulled by subliminal advertising.

Yuyutsu your ideology blinds you to real life.

Much of the stuff I use to make the things I do easier, or even possible I learnt about from advertising. Most of this advertising was in magazines or on the net, I don't watch TV very often, & only listen to radio when driving, but advertising none the less.

I recently spent some time helping a friend source a mobility scooter. It was only from advertising on web sites that we found the best product for her needs. The couple of retailers we visited had none of the type most suitable for an elderly lady living on acreage, & almost no information on them.

With out advertising we would never have known what was available.

Yuyutsu,
>Sowing unsolicited desires in the minds of others is an assault.
No it isn't. Assault is threatening to cause injury. Sowing unsolicited desires in the minds of others does not threaten to cause injury.

>Desires do not make us happy.
Fulfilling them can.

> Now anyone who has a need for something should be able to look up
>(both online and offline) solutions to satisfy their need.
But what if they don't know they have a need? Unseen problems are still problems; what's wrong with presenting solutions?