Emotions: A philosophical and cognitive perspective

Claudia Strey
Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, São Paulo
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There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.

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