OLIGÔRIA: The Philosophy of Emotion

rmqphilosophy.blogspot.com OLIGÔRIA: THE PHILOSOPHY OF EMOTION by Ronald Michael Quijano Image courtesy of Sydney Sims Emotions are fundamental in human nature. It is the characteristic embedded deep in our DNA that serves a function; to survive. If we think about it, appetite and emotion link us to the rest of the animal kingdom. However petty these emotions are, they serve a purpose. Whether personal, social, or spiritual, these emotions are the natural responses to stimuli we encounter daily. Emotions can be short-lived - a momentary reaction to a certain situation that will abruptly leave our senses - or can be long-term - a traumatic experience that shaped our emotional capacity to be whatever it is today. For all we know, we feel because we must. We react because we should. We can trace these anthropomorphic characteristics in understanding the science of evolution by natural selection, as proposed by Charles Darwin. Emotion helps us to survive during the primal era. ...