... introduced to such notions like love, pain, etc. We know what the word "pain' represents only because other people have felt it and the word "pain' is associated with that feeling. People may not have even fallen in love if they had not heard other people speaking of love. However, the experiences of other people in relation to a certain sensation, such as pain, may not be quite the same as mine. What may be a "lot of pain" for them may not be the same as my opinion of a "lot of pain". In fact, what may be "pain" for me, may just be a slight discomfiture for them. Therefore, whenever we explain, or attempt to explain, our private sensations, the degree to which it can be expressed is quite limited. If a language does not have a word for describing a particular object or its state, it does ...

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