We Were Too Young To Understand This Scene.

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]Fantasies have to be unrealistic because the moment, the second that you get what you seek, >> [music] >> you don't, you can't want it anymore.

[00:00:09]In order to continue to exist, [music] desire must have its objects perpetually absent. It's not the it that you want, it's the fantasy of it. [music] So, desire supports crazy fantasy.

[00:00:24]So, the lesson of Lacan is living by your wants will never make you happy.

[00:00:29]What it means to be fully human is to [music] strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you've attained in terms of your desires, but those small moments of integrity, >> [music] >> compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice.

[00:00:47]Because in the end, the only way that we can measure the significance of our own lives >> [music] >> is by valuing the lives of others.