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by Antonio Damasio
Damasio on feelings, joy, sorrow and the biology of emotion, braided with Spinoza's philosophy of mind and body. His most accessible book.
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you want neuroscience and philosophy together.
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Three things you will actually use
- Feelings are the body mapped.
- Joy strengthens; sorrow weakens.
- Spinoza was early.
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Spinoza and the brain.
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