metaphysical desire, n.Definitions

Metaphysical desire (n.) feels ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠violent rancour toward the object that insolently refuses it access; even when it sees through its illusion, the insight stays abstract and frees no one.

Metaphysical desire (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the object seem to hold all the difference between the model's fullness of being and the imitator's nothingness — a transfiguration of nothing real that makes the object superabundantly real.

Metaphysical desire (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the old sacred under a modern name; desire turns more metaphysical and more "masochistic" in a single movement.