Concerning the Nature of Pain, Suffering, Joy, and Bliss
GA 107/1908-10-27/p005
·1908-10-27
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English
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But let us take no further notice of this and ask ourselves instead: How does such a simple, primitive feeling of pain really arise? In what manner does the experience of pain arise, when we cut our finger?
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