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The Feeling-Basis of Existence— Notes on The Kingdom of Heaven, Part III
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The Feeling-Basis of Existence— Notes on The Kingdom of Heaven, Part III

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Jul 02, 2019
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Photograph May 11 a.m., Piermont, NY

 Hence this expression, the feeling-basis of existence.

You may think that existence is composed of matter, of things, of concrete stuff that we manipulate. Or that it is formed of our sensation of it, the mechanical perceptions. Or that it’s formed of our thoughts alone. 

There are philosophical schools formed around e…

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