What differentiates desires from needs?

Desires and needs share common ground, yet they are distinct entities. Needs are essential for sustaining life and survival. When a person has to eat, it’s a need. But those who eat too much, are satisfying their desires that they have no control of.

Imram

In the article “How to distinguish desires and needs” , Imram talks about:

• what the idea of “ceiling on desires” means”;
• what the ceiling of a person’s desires should be;
• how hunger and overeating affect human activity.

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