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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... say identical) to the destruction of a painting by Van Gogh, made up of these very elements. Paints and cloth are converted to a painting through t... ...s himself. This second layer of anger also comprises strong and easily identifiable elements of frustration, irritation and annoyance. While normal... ...he psychological makeup of the nation (especially the more rightwing and religious elements) because it constitutes "Narcissistic Supply". The Jew... ...cable. People - in the very far future - may be able to harbour the same emotions, chemically or otherwise induced in them. One brain could directl... ...ranspired in the artist's mind. We are faced with a dichotomy: The epistemological elements in the artistic process belong exclusively and incommun... ...mpairment is flawed ... using this ill-substantiated cause- and-effect to tell the 'chemical generation' that they are brain damaged when they are n... ...parameters when faced with danger. We could reasonably expect them to change their chemical reactions, the compounds that they contain, other elect... ...ied realm(=set of terms). People are trying to define life or love by resorting to chemical reactions. This reductionism inevitably and invariably ... ...ue that a definition must include all the necessary conditions to the definiendum. Chemical reactions are a necessary condition to life. But they a...

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