For example, he says that our desires are formed in an “adaptive unconscious” (p.93) because the sexual desires of Adam and Laura's conscious decisions cause their consequences. Aristotle's theory of doing and feeling things "at the right time" (Paradise Lost and Classical... page 190) refers to the willpower that Satan and Laura exhibit to achieve their goals despite not experiencing the pleasure they expected. As we respond to stimuli by situating possible responses and choosing them (Desire, p. 104-6), this connects with writers who make their characters so human that the reader can