The Emergence Machine

Awe

abstract · Psychology · Level 10 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A feeling of reverential wonder in response to something vast or sublime, born from the interplay between power, beauty, and thought.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “awe” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “awe”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L6L2L1L0AwePowerEmotionSocietyThoughtCommunityMindBeautyCognitionCooperationExperience… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesAweL10BeautyL6EmotionL8ThoughtL8PowerL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • awe English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Beauty L6 (requires)
    Feeling of reverential wonder -- prerequisite: beauty
  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    Awe is an overwhelming emotion of reverence and wonder before something vast or sublime
  • Thought L8 (requires)
    Awe is triggered by perceiving something that transcends ordinary experience
  • Power L9 (requires) polysemous
    Feeling of reverential wonder -- prerequisite: power