Sense
Senses are physiological capacities of organisms that provide data for perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and philosophy of perception. The nervous system has a specific sensory system or organ, dedicated to each sense.
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Famous quotes containing the word sense:
“It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite,—only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)