posts tagged ‘pain’
Hedgehog’s dilemma
12 April 2011 • out of context
tags: animals, freedom, loneliness, love, meaning, nature, pain, quotes
“The hedgehog’s dilemma, or sometimes the porcupine dilemma, is an analogy about the challenges of human intimacy. It describes a situation in which a group of hedgehogs all seek to become close to one another in order to share heat during cold weather. They must remain apart, however, as they cannot avoid hurting one another with their sharp quills. Though they all share the intention of a close reciprocal relationship, this may not occur for reasons they cannot avoid.”
Prior to the advent of brain
31 August 2010 • out of context
tags: brain, colours, pain, perception, quotes, senses, smell, sound
“Prior to the advent of brain, there was no color and no sound in the universe, nor was there any flavor or aroma and probably rather little sense and no feeling or emotion. Before brains the universe was also free of pain and anxiety.”
Exteroceptive/Interoceptive
8 August 2010 • out of context
tags: body, brain, etymology, meaning, pain, perception
Exteroceptive
Main Entry: ex·tero·cep·tive
Pronunciation: \ˌek-stə-rō-ˈsep-tiv\
Function: adjective
Etymology: exterior + -o- + -ceptive (as in receptive)
Date: 1906
: relating to, being, or activated by stimuli received by an organism from outside
Interoceptive
Main Entry: in·ter·o·cep·tive
Pronunciation: \ˌin-tə-rō-ˈsep-tiv\
Function: adjective
Etymology: interior + -o- + -ceptive (as in receptive)
Date: circa 1921
: of, relating to, or being stimuli arising within the body and especially in the viscera
Even from many of the legitimate sources of pain
25 July 2010 • out of context
tags: pain, pleasure, texts
“I derived positive pleasure even from many of the legitimate sources of pain.”
The Man of the Crowd by Edgar Allan Poe