This seems to point to a strong suspicion of mine (to humbly avoid making bold claims too early) that emotions are fundamentally rooted in physiological sensations and impulses.
Hunger is an instinct and impulse to act towards satisfying an important daily basic need. Food.
A very similar observation might be in the experience or the observation of many people between lust and anger. There's few better ways to get someone to hate you than to get in the way of them and their object of sexual arousal. Which might be because like hunger, it's also an instinct and impulse to act towards satisfying another important biological imperative (from an evolutionary standpoint). Procreation.
This seems to point to a strong suspicion of mine (to humbly avoid making bold claims too early) that emotions are fundamentally rooted in physiological sensations and impulses.
Hunger is an instinct and impulse to act towards satisfying an important daily basic need. Food.
A very similar observation might be in the experience or the observation of many people between lust and anger. There's few better ways to get someone to hate you than to get in the way of them and their object of sexual arousal. Which might be because like hunger, it's also an instinct and impulse to act towards satisfying another important biological imperative (from an evolutionary standpoint). Procreation.
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