Desire-Value and the Pleasure Tendency

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Two essays from The Pleasure Tendency. Published October 1985.

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The Pleasure Tendency

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On the proposition that ‘Upon the end of all commodities, the pleasure tendency alone would be sufficient to ensure the satisfaction of all need‘
On Accumulation

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