tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post4209721156047570072..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: An early look …Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-10433939475316233882018-07-11T11:20:42.451-04:002018-07-11T11:20:42.451-04:00I believe you're right that no one entirely es...I believe you're right that no one entirely escapes it, which probably means it must be a survival instinct/mechanism. But this begs the question of why it affects some of us more than others.<br /><br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-82222412410110307092018-07-08T20:33:54.621-04:002018-07-08T20:33:54.621-04:00I don't know that anyone entirely escapes it. ...I don't know that anyone entirely escapes it. Girard's ideas are both complex and nuanced.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-88257019484210189722018-07-08T05:58:51.683-04:002018-07-08T05:58:51.683-04:00Interesting, but it doesn't begin to explain h...Interesting, but it doesn't begin to explain how some people escape the so-called contagion of mimesis.<br /><br />(That the same part of the brain lights up in both observer and observed, while well documented, does not actually establish whether desire is affected. After all, when I watch someone drink, I do know that I'm not the one who is drinking. Maybe it's proof of quantum entanglement...or telepathy...or??) Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com