. Thinking, feeling, doing . f our own minds is always the principal thing. Amood, on the other hand, may be objectified by ourputting our own feelings into the external objects whichexcite them. If joy and sorrow are the expressions ofan internal harmony and disharmony, these objectiveemotions are the result of some external harmonious orinharmonious i m -pression. Like anddislike are the mostgeneral forms of ob-jective emotion cor-responding to joyand sorrow on thepersonal side. Theyf u r t h e r imply amovement to orfrom the object :what we like attractsus ; what we dislikerepels us. And th
. Thinking, feeling, doing . f our own minds is always the principal thing. Amood, on the other hand, may be objectified by ourputting our own feelings into the external objects whichexcite them. If joy and sorrow are the expressions ofan internal harmony and disharmony, these objectiveemotions are the result of some external harmonious orinharmonious i m -pression. Like anddislike are the mostgeneral forms of ob-jective emotion cor-responding to joyand sorrow on thepersonal side. Theyf u r t h e r imply amovement to orfrom the object :what we like attractsus ; what we dislikerepels us. And thismovement finds its expression in the Flg-175 Joy various particular forms in which the general emotionsoccur. The attraction which a pleasing object has for us allwe call charm ; a thing is charming which bothpleases and attracts us. The opposite of charm is repul-sion, a violent dislike, which makes us turn away froman object in displeasure. Repulsion becomes aversion,and, at a still higher stage, anger, when it is turned. Charm andrepulsion. 230 Thinking, Feeling, Doing. Indifference. Distinction be-tween sen-sation andmoods, oremotions.
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