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27.04.2020 08:39 •  Английский язык

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one day you feel good and the next you feel bad, and between those two poles are compressed all the joys of heaven and the an­guish of hell. the events that prompt feelings, the justification for the feelings, even the reality of the perceptions that lead to them are all unimportant. it is the feeling that counts.

despite its importance, there is an incredible amount of confu­sion about feelings and emotions in both the minds of the public and the attention of the "experts". "emotion" is the general term which encompasses the feeling tone, the biophysiological state, and even the chemical changes we are beginning to understand underline the sensations we experience; "feeling" is our subjec­tive awareness of our own emotional state. it is that which we ex­perience; that which we know about our current emotional condi­tion.

feelings, particularly the complex and subtle range of feelings in human beings, are testament to our capacity for choice and learn­ing. feelings are the instruments of rationality, not—as some would have it — alternatives to it. because we are intelligent crea­tures, we are capable of, and dependent on, using rational choice to decide our futures. feelings become guides to that choice. we are rujt just passive responders, as some lower life forms are, to that which the environment offers us. we can avoid certain conditions, select out others, and anticipate both and, moreover, via anticipa­tion we can even modify the nature of the environment. feelings are fine tunings directing the ways in which we will meet and manipu­late our environment.

feelings of anxiety, boredom, tension and agitation alert us to the sense of something wrong, and, more importantly, by the subtle distinctions of their messages they indicate something of the nature of the impending danger and direct us to specific kinds of adaptive manoeuvres to avoid, prevent, or change the incipient threat. feel­ings of guilt allow us to model our behaviour against certain ideals and register when we have moved away from these ideals, or have not yet achieved them. if there is a common ingredient to the vari­ous sources and forms of pleasure, the only one that can be identi­fied is that they all seem to contribute to an enhanced sense of self. pleasurable events either intensify our sense of ourselves or enlarge our view of ourselves. joy stems from an altered sense of self and, in turn, alters our view of our world and the way we are viewed

ответьте на вопросы:
1. how do you understand the statement "it is the feeling that counts"?
2. why is it difficult to classify sensations and what terms are suggested in this article?
3. how does "emotion" differ from "feeling"?
4. do you agree that feelings are "the instruments of ra­tionality, not alternatives to it" ?
5. how do feelings of anxiety, bore­dom, tension and agitation serve adoptive purposes?
6. of what im­portance are feelings of guilt?
7. what do the positive feelings have in common?
8. how do pleasurable events affect our feelings? ​