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en-wikipedia-org-6180		Sehnsucht - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1751	298	61	Sehnsucht (German pronunciation: [ˈzeːnˌzʊxt]) is a German noun translated as "longing", "desire", "yearning", or "craving".[1] Some psychologists use the word to represent thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences.[2] However, in a study that attempted to discover whether Sehnsucht played an active role in one's ability to influence their own development, psychologists asked 81 participants to report "their most important personal goals and life longings, and [evaluate] these with respect to their cognitive, emotional, and action-related characteristics."[6] Results showed that goals were perceived as more closely linked to everyday actions, and as such more controllable. Goethe's "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" was set to music by multiple composers including Ludwig van Beethoven.[8] "Toward a developmental psychology of Sehnsucht (life longings): The optimal (utopian) life". Sehnsucht der Liebe, D.180	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6180.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6180.txt