ecstasy

n. a feeling of intense pleasure and elation, including that experienced in some mystical states, during orgasm, with aesthetic reveries, and in drug-induced states. Such extreme euphoria also may occur in the context of a hypomanic episode or a manic episode. —ecstatic adj.

Ecstasy

n. the popular name for MDMA.

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September 17th 2024

philosophy of mind

the branch of philosophy concerned with questions about the nature and functioning of mind and consciousness and the relationship of mind and mental activity to brain and body and to the external world (see mind–body problem). It is deeply concerned with the relationships among language, thought, and action.