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Old Dec 30, 2011, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by skysblue View Post
If anyone understands his explanation of the difference between emotion and feeling, I would love to be instructed. It goes over my head.
I think he is saying that feelings are the conscious perceptions we have of emotions. Emotions are bodily/mental processes which attach "significance" to events.
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