The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community by Curt Thompson

The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

Curt Thompson

248 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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We are people of desire. In The Soul of Desire, psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known—and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beau...

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