Salvation is an act of purely formal conversion, writes Zizek, “a shift of perspective” whereby we suddenly perceive our desire to be always already satisfied and 'the Messiah' to have always already arrived. In the above sentence, is 'the Messiah' the complement of (to) be or the object of percieve? our desire to be always already satisfied and 'the Messiah' to have always already arrived is the object of the verb "perceive".
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Anonymous ?Salvation is an act of purely formal conversion, writes Zizek, “a shift of perspective” whereby we suddenly perceive our desire to be always already satisfied and 'the Messiah' to have always already arrived. ?In the above sentence, is 'the Messiah' the complement of (to) be or the object of percieve?our desire to be always already satisfied and
Anonymousperceive our desire to be~ and (to be) the Messiah~orperceive our desire ~satisfied and (perceive) the Messiah~ ?satisfied is the past participle used adjectivally.
Anonymouswe perceive our desire to be... and we perceive 'the Messiah' to have always already arrived.That's what I wanted to get. Thank you for your input on this.