His reasoning was that "the same thing clearly cannot act or be acted upon in the same part or in
             relation to the same thing at the same time" because then we know these things are actually different. Desire, for
             example, is a man "drawing to himself the thing which he wishes to possess" (Republic 158). Man can desire
             different things depending on what will best suit his immediate needs. For instance, food and drink satisfy human
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