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Schiller’s most compelling thoughts on this subject are contained in his essay Of the Sublime.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
The goal of early life was to live in constant consciousness of the spiritual principle.
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers
That aspect of experience—whether it is pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral—is called, in Buddhism, its feeling tone (or, in Western psychology, its hedonic tone). The feeling tone is produced mainly by your amygdala (LeDoux 1995) and then broadcast widely. It’s a simple but effective way to tell your brain as a whole what to do each moment: approach pleasant carrots, avoid unpleasant sticks, and move on from anything else.
Buddha's Brain
Rick Hanson
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