not for their family, science, their business, society, and so on.
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Therefore, what is called interest in someone or something is, in practice, a person’s interest in:
- repeating a pleasant past experience they had while being in those circumstances;
- finding new circumstances that will allow them to feel better.
It turns out that:
- repeating a pleasant past experience they had while being in those circumstances;
- finding new circumstances that will allow them to feel better.
It turns out that:
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(regardless of what those circumstances turn out to be for them in practice)
This means that:
This means that:
Because it is perception that allows a person to experience pleasant states and determines when they will feel better and when they will feel worse.
People, activities, places, and so on can’t be the object of interest.
People, activities, places, and so on can’t be the object of interest.