For induction to work, you need to have a base-case to apply the inductive rule to. There definitionally has to be at least one desire that isn't derived from

For induction to work, you need to have a base-case to apply the inductive rule to. There definitionally has to be at least one desire that isn't derived from others. I don't think Girard would ever seriously have made the absolute claim that all desire is mimetic.