These short stories, The Symposium by Plato and The Kama Sutra illustrate that individuals want what they are unable to have to stratify their cravings. Exactly like Socrates stated in The Symposium, ‘’…probable but absolutely certain that one desires what one lacks, or rather that one does not desire what one does not lack…’’ (Plato 76). This quotation is stating that an individual who owns something that another desire can attract the person that desire what they possess. The purpose of wanting something that we do not possess makes us feel complete. For example, a man who craves for another being to feel love. Also, it is possible that some people crave things that they already have since they want to keep it for eternity. Like Socrates
