“In contrast to the knowledge that keeps man in a passive quietude, Desire dis-quiets him and moves him to action. Born of Desire, action tends to satisfy it, and can do so only by the 'negation,' the destruction or at least the transformation, of the desired object: to satisfy hunger, for example, the food must be destroyed or, in any case, transformed. Thus all action is 'negating'.” MenActionMovingDesireCan DoBornCasesExampleObjectsDestructionTransformationHungerDestroyedTransformedContrastPassiveNegation Book:Introduction to the Reading of Hegel Source: Introduction to the Reading of Hegel