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2007-11-30 06:19:49 · 7 answers · asked by I ♥ me 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Primarily by limiting your range of actions or sensations. The only physical pleasures are things like being stroked, massaged, scratched and climaxing. Mental pleasures are what almost everything else boils down to, and even the physical pleasures are only pleasurable because we think they are. So with this in mind, anything that limits our potential to do something we enjoy is interfering with mental pleasure. Somebody with no arms will have difficulty playing chess or holding up a mewspaper to read. A deaf person can't hear music. A small child can't get at the cookies on the shelf.
All of these actions evoke mental pleasure, and all are sadly limited by the circumstance of physical condition.
The influence of varying degrees of pain, biochemical reactions in the mind and unconsciousness are also pretty heavily felt with regards to mental pleasure.
Hope that helped.
2007-11-30 06:30:44 · answer #1 · answered by Rafael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. If the "mental pleasure" is a daydream, the body, receiving a "rude awakening," may be distracted.
2. Likewise, if the mental pleasure is contemplating some math problem, and one is anhungered or looking forward to a jog.
3. If the body is unclear, hung-over, then mental pleasure may be obfuscated. ("Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet)
4. If the body has memories or conditionings, such as memories of having been in a stressful place, then a mental pleasure contemplating a similar place may be diminished. ("A Philosophy of Universality," O. M. Aivanhov)
regards,
j.
2007-11-30 14:31:54 · answer #2 · answered by j153e 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hunger is a very good answer. May I also suggest physical pain and also guilt/conscience? People that have survived various forms of abuse may be "trigger" in the midst of anything that could be deemed as pleasure. PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder)a is a known joy killer.
2007-11-30 15:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by jana_westover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hunger
2007-11-30 14:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew Noselli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Along with the obvious (by being in pain or uncomfortable, by being asleep) have you mentioned organic failures like depression caused by blood chemistry or hormone imbalances?
2007-11-30 14:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The body's experiences affect our feelings of happiness & sadness.
2007-11-30 19:12:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stress, sickness, disease, having to use the bathroom!
2007-11-30 14:42:08 · answer #7 · answered by Starry Pluto ॐ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋