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Suffering

Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, may be an experience of unpleasantness or aversion, possibly associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. Suffering is the basic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena.

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Bibliography · 69
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has prevention · 15
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related to Modern philosophy · 15
Suffering → Animal Liberation, Another, Bentham, Biology, David Pearce, He, Humanitarianism, Its Enemies, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Karl Popper, Peter Singer's, Richard Ryder, The Open Society, Where
related to Health care · 13
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related to Social sciences · 12
Suffering → Arthur Kleinman, Holocaust, Human Potential, Iain Wilkinson, International Associations, It, Its, Social, Such, The Encyclopedia, Union, World Problems
related to Religion · 11
Suffering → Buddhism, Catharism, Four Noble Truths, Gnosticism, God’s, Noble Eightfold Path, Paulicianism, Several, The, Theodicy, They
related to Arts and literature · 7
Suffering → Artistic, Auden's, Be, Beaux Arts, Harold Schweizer's Suffering, Musée, This Bruegel
related to Biology, neurology, psychology · 6
Suffering → Despite, In, Many, One, The, Various
is a · 5
Suffering → avoidable result of Darwinian evolution, basic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena, belief that human suffering, brief and temporary manifestation of physical life, increasing concern in medical anthropology
related to Terminology · 5
Suffering → For, In, Or, Qualifiers, The

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pain may physical mental also human pleasure life often social used use people isbn see world many happiness new aspects

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Sufferingis abasic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena0.90text
Sufferingis abelief that human suffering0.90text
Sufferingis abrief and temporary manifestation of physical life0.90text
Sufferingis aincreasing concern in medical anthropology0.90text
Sufferingis aavoidable result of Darwinian evolution0.90text
joy or excitement are realinstance ofA phenomenological argument presented by Magnus Vinding claims that while positive experiences0.80text
they do not serve as opposites to suffering in either phenomenological or axiological terms.Philosophy of pain is a philosophical speciality that focuses on physical paininstance ofA phenomenological argument presented by Magnus Vinding claims that while positive experiences0.80text
isinstance ofA phenomenological argument presented by Magnus Vinding claims that while positive experiences0.80text
through thatinstance ofA phenomenological argument presented by Magnus Vinding claims that while positive experiences0.80text
relevant to suffering in generalinstance ofA phenomenological argument presented by Magnus Vinding claims that while positive experiences0.80text
the followinginstance ofregarding matters0.80text
the idea that humans sometimes seek out sufferinginstance ofother theories of psychology present contradicting ideas0.80text

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