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Sensuality
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I. Philosophy

Sensuality is a collective term for various human faculties that mediate sensations. Sensations are mental states. In contrast to abstract thoughts, memories, and fantasies, sensations are qualitatively dependent on the present state of the sensate person. It is traditional to distinguish between perceptual sensations and affective sensations. Sensations function as information, making it possible for us to r…

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Fricke, Christel, Rosenau, Hartmut, Sparn, Walter and Stock, Konrad, “Sensuality”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 26 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_024864>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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