Desire
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6.Desire for bodily pleasure: hunger, thirst and sensuality
6a.Hunger and thirst as compelling needs
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 94–95The ravening belly compels a man to eat and forget his sufferings, though sorrowful.read · scan
- p. 170Hunger drives the crew to overcome restraint and plan to seize the sacred cattle.read · scan
- p. 208Odysseus says men endure roaming only for their cursed belly's need, and nothing is more mischievous than wandering.read · scan
- p. 234–235Odysseus says a ravening belly cannot be concealed and works ill for men.read · scan
- p. 246–247Odysseus admits the belly's urgent call compels him to fight.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 293Turnus is compared to a hungry wolf, sharp with desire and furious with disdain.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 358Maddened by thirst, soldiers drink the brackish water despite the guide's warning, worsening their suffering.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 183Uncertain whether necessity or greedy appetite asks for food; he prays to be delivered from desires of the belly.read · scan
The Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelVol. 49
- p. 243–244Conaire is overcome by thirst, and the wizards' scheme of scantness of drink quells his fury and valour.read · scan
- p. 245–246Conaire's great thirst destroys him, showing want unslaked.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 359Ala-ed-Din's hunger and his wish for food 'beyond imagination' are instantly satisfied by the Lamp.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 169Cellini's craving for water is a bodily thirst that proves to be what his body needs.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 60Sancho eats and drinks at leisure and forgets promises, finding adventure recreation.read · scan
- p. 150Hunger and thirst drive Sancho to urge retreat and the pair eat the chaplains' provisions.read · scan
- p. 189Sancho's only care is filling his belly, while Quixote longs for adventures.read · scan
- p. 200He eats ravenously, like a distracted man, to allay his hunger before telling his story.read · scan
- p. 249Even without reason, natural necessity makes him know his food and stirs appetite and will to take it.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusVol. 19
- p. 241–242The pregnant duchess longs for ripe grapes in January, and Faustus promises to satisfy her longing.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 261The serpent tells of appetite for the fruit's scent and hunger urging him to taste.read · scan
- p. 261–278Noon appetite and the fruit's smell awaken Eve's longing to taste.read · scan
- p. 304Hunger and thirst drive them again and again to the deceiving fruit.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 359The old man tempts him to turn stones into bread to relieve hunger.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 35Appetite for hot fish defeats principle.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among MankindVol. 34
- p. 168Natural man's wants of hunger and thirst are readily and completely satisfied.read · scan
Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to ConquerVol. 18
- p. 216–217Diggory cannot help wishing for a mouthful when he sees food; appetite defeats decorum.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 92–93Hungry family members eye the common polenta, measuring appetite against the meagre food.read · scan
- p. 191Hunger after his long walk arouses Renzo's appetite and overcomes his hesitation to take the bread.read · scan
- p. 191–194Long deprivation makes the crowd seize the flour greedily, jealous of newcomers.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 66The wife's craving for the rampion grows until she pines away and says she will die without itread · scan
- p. 66–67The pregnant wife's longing for the rampion is so strong she would die without it, driving her husband to theft.read · scan
- p. 80Starving children greedily eat the house of bread and sugar, heedless of the danger.read · scan
- p. 114Hunger makes them long for the robbers' table.read · scan
- p. 117Hunger drives her to eat only one counted pear.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, NatureVol. 5
- p. 231We eat because meat is savory and appetite keen, not for the good of living.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 200He tires of ease and looks for a sail; the islander is tempted by rum and tobacco.read · scan
- p. 343–344Men crave raw onions ravenously after long salt provisions.read · scan
6b.Gluttony and appetite as a comic or moral failing
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 245–246Irus is known for ravening greed and endless eating and drinking.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 119His excess in eating, drinking and dress shows unrestrained appetite.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 242Crowd beneath the tree, like greedy children, beg in vain for fruit held out of reach; the angel praises those with no inordinate appetite.read · scan
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; The Nun's Priest's TaleVol. 40
- p. 12Hunting was all his lust, and he spared no cost for hounds, gold pin and fat swan.read · scan
William Harrison, A Description of Elizabethan EnglandVol. 35
- p. 276–277Costliest, hardest-to-get food and strongest wine are most desired by guestsread · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, Preface to the History of the WorldVol. 39
- p. 94Men served their appetites all their lives.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusVol. 19
- p. 218–219Appetite is his god; he is tempted by honour and wealth.read · scan
- p. 233–234Robin steals a conjuring book to make maidens dance naked and get drink for free.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of MacbethVol. 46
- p. 343–344Drink provokes desire but takes away performance.read · scan
Ben Jonson, The AlchemistVol. 47
- p. 567Mammon's lust for wealth and sensual excess, planning a seraglio and erotic pictures once he has the stone.read · scan
- p. 567Mammon's fantasy of luxurious feasting, perfumed baths and lechery shows appetite unrestrained.read · scan
Philip Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old DebtsVol. 47
- p. 866–867Greedy's insatiate appetite is compared to the grave and a strumpet's hunger, while suitors come to feed upon the widow.read · scan
- p. 868–871Greedy's appetite for food rules him, leading him to neglect his commission.read · scan
- p. 905–908Greedy's gluttony and appetite for dinner, dumplings and woodcock drive his comic behavior; Overreach schemes to gain the lady's wealth through Wellborn.read · scan
- p. 911Greedy's ravenous appetite for breakfast is comic; Overreach eagerly pursues his daughter's noble match.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 278Eve eats greedily, absorbed in taste and the hope of godhead.read · scan
- p. 331Ungoverned appetite made men brutish and led to sin.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 371Satan tempts hungry Christ with a lavish banquet, urging he has right to all creaturesread · scan
- p. 371Satan renews appetite's lure with food, attendants, music and scentsread · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 208–211Tartuffe eats and drinks heartily while others suffer.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 38–39He gave rein to lusts and sought pleasures and profits of this world.read · scan
Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to ConquerVol. 18
- p. 222–223Guests insist on controlling the supper, matching appetite to the bill of fare.read · scan
Edmund Burke, On Taste: Introductory DiscourseVol. 24
- p. 22–23Men absorbed in sensual pleasure, avarice or pursuit of honours are dulled to refined imagination.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 39–41Students pursue beer, tobacco and girls, hating restraints.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 123Elsie gives way to appetite and sleep instead of cutting the corn.read · scan
- p. 167The wolf's gluttony leads him to demand more and more, and each time he is beaten by farmers.read · scan
- p. 168The wolf's insatiable appetite makes him gorge until he is too fat to escape the cellar.read · scan
Giuseppe Mazzini, Byron and GoetheVol. 32
- p. 381–382Desire has replaced love, and material appetites replaced great thoughts, in the degraded age.read · scan
6c.The body's desires as a bond upon the soul
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 116–117The lotus makes men forget their homeward way and wish only to stay eating it; Odysseus drags them back.read · scan
Plato, PhaedoVol. 2
- p. 51–52The philosopher has desired death all his life, so it would be absurd to repine when it comes.read · scan
- p. 54The body fills us with lusts and fears; our true desire is for truth and wisdom.read · scan
- p. 73–74Soul fascinated by bodily desires and pleasures remains bound to the corporeal.read · scan
- p. 75–76The captive soul, through desire, conspires in her own captivity.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 92He is greedy for passing present enjoyments that waste his soul.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 35Worldly men covet present goods and cannot wait; fleshly appetite is neighbor to present things.read · scan
- p. 138–139Atheist returns to the worldly pleasures he cast away, abandoning hope of the unseen city.read · scan
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