Second Lecture
Not only the nerve endings of our mouth taste, but our entire digestive tract tastes, and as the nutrients enter the organism, into the blood and so on, the whole organism tastes again what the digestive organs have prepared for it. One could say that the whole organism is permeated by taste sensations. And this organism is so permeated and permeated with taste sensations that one can speak of differentiated tastes. One can speak of organ tastes. Each organ has its own specific taste experience; the stomach has its own specific taste experience, the liver, lungs and heart have their own special taste experiences. The general taste differentiates into the organ taste.
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