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What Jesus invites us to imitate is his own desire, the spirit that directs him toward the goal on which his intention is fixed: to resemble God the Father as much as possible.

René Girard • I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

René Girard calls models in Celebristan external mediators of desire. They influence desire from outside of a person’s immediate world. From the perspective of their imitators, these models possess a special quality of being.

Luke Burgis • Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

In its scope and interest it can be compared with Freud's Totem and Taboo, the subtext Girard refutes with polemic daring, vast erudition, and a persuasiveness that leaves the reader compelled to respond, one way or another.

O'Reilly Media • Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

His ideas do not magically make us stop being mimetic. The mimetic theory gives us a framework to avoid situations that inspire debilitating desires; what type of person to avoid and who to keep close

Jonathan Bi • Lecture I: Introduction to Mimetic Theory | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

It is possible that Qohelet’s use of hebel has Cain and Abel in mind. Abel’s unjust and meaningless murder is just the kind of datum that Qohelet wrestles with…what sets the world adrift is the human desire for autonomy and to play God, rather than embracing one’s creatureliness.

Erica Brown • Ecclesiastes: and the Search for Meaning

That is what Sociopaths ultimately do with their lives if they survive long enough: generate amoral power from increasing inner emptiness, transforming themselves into forces of nature. As a side-effect, they also manufacture transient meanings to fuel the theaters of religiosity (including various secular religions) that lend meaning to lives of L

Venkatesh Rao • The Gervais Principle: The Complete Series, with a Bonus Essay on Office Space (Ribbonfarm Roughs Book 2)

Le philosophe Gilles Deleuze a fort bien mis en lumière les trois personnages qui parcourent toute l’œuvre de Spinoza : l’esclave, le tyran et le prêtre. Le premier est l’homme soumis à ses passions tristes, le deuxième est celui qui a besoin d’elles pour asseoir son pouvoir, le troisième s’attriste sur la condition humaine1

Frédéric Lenoir • Le miracle Spinoza : Une philosophie pour éclairer notre vie (Documents) (French Edition)

His message has two meanings. Violence is the disease and the cure for the disease. Sacrificial ritual is always violent. And yet, since the real and symbolic violence of sacrifice restores peace in the community, it prevents the escalation of runaway Mimetic violence. In that way, humanity contains violence with violence because sacrifice saves th... See more

David Perell • Peter Thiel’s Religion

The single victim mechanism only functions by means of the ignorance of those who keep it working.