five senses

butterfly

tasting

trivia

feet

self-importance

sense of humor

pain

balance

heat

is a suite of perceptions whereby the loss of one in fact adds as much beauty to the world as its acquisition.

The loss of a sense adds as much beauty to the world as its acquisition.

is like a prism which does not exclude intermediate hues of infinite nuances of limited colors. Thus, our sense of taste is not absolutely soundless, our sense of smell is not divorced from the visual, touch is not immune from being slightly affected by all the other senses at the same time.

Yes, there are five senses. In principle. But as the limited colors of the prism do not exclude intermediate hues of infinite nuances, so, also, our five 8 main senses do not exclude an infinite number of intermediate senses on a scale also embracing each one’s neighboring sense. If our sense of taste were absolutely soundless, if our sense of smell were in no way visual, if touch were not ever so slightly affected by all the other senses at the same time, every sensation would come to us as a shock, like separate hammer blows. Under repeated sensory hammerings the brain would soon explode.

is important but man’s most important senses are horse and common

five senses, n.Trivia

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