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Always happy to trot out this 'Silence of the Lambs' snippet and say a word for Marcus Aurelius; perhaps it has some substance in this case as well:
Dr. Lecter: First principles, Clarice. Read Marcus Aurelius. "Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?" What does he do, this man you seek?
Clarice: He kills women.
Dr. Lecter: No, that is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does, what needs does he serve by killing?
Clarice: Anger, social resentment, sexual frustration
Dr. Lecter: No, he covets. That's his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer, now.
Clarice: No. We just
Dr. Lecter: No. We begin by coveting what we see every day.
Not sure how often VT would encounter Joanna, but he certainly had the opportunity to see - and to covet - quite often.
Dr. Lecter: First principles, Clarice. Read Marcus Aurelius. "Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?" What does he do, this man you seek?
Clarice: He kills women.
Dr. Lecter: No, that is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does, what needs does he serve by killing?
Clarice: Anger, social resentment, sexual frustration
Dr. Lecter: No, he covets. That's his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer, now.
Clarice: No. We just
Dr. Lecter: No. We begin by coveting what we see every day.
Not sure how often VT would encounter Joanna, but he certainly had the opportunity to see - and to covet - quite often.