How Do We Know What We Want: Milan Kundera on the Central Ambivalences of Life and Love
The Marginalian · 20 May 2026

How Do We Know What We Want: Milan Kundera on the Central Ambivalences of Life and Love

“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come… We live everything as it comes, wi…


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Milan Kundera explores the inherent uncertainties of human desire and the complexities of life and love. He suggests that our singular existence limits our ability to truly understand or refine our wants.


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