When all decisions/emotions/attractions/thoughts etc. originate form the brain, why do people use “heart” in such contexts?
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You ever had a bad breakup? It hurts exactly where your heart is. A broken heart is an actual condition. Extreme heartbreak weakens the muscle and the heart can give out and if it’s bad enough it can kill.
I would think that because the feeling of anguish that comes from a breakup is an emotion, and it can have an effect on the heart, that we believe that any sort of emotion may be tied to the heart as a source.
We feel glee and we feel it in our chest. Like a fire.
I’m sure it goes deeper than just this from cultural roots and religious ideas. It seems to be a universal thought.
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