Why do we use the word heart for emotional purposes?

Like "heart VS brain" dilemmas or "you're in my heart" etc. I mean, it's just muscle and can only pump blood through our bodies. We are our brains.

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Xuan12 · 31-35, M

I think it's just shorthand for that part of our thinking that we don't rationally understand. Like how we can be attracted to people who we know are terrible for us.

HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F

@Xuan12 but why the heart? Why not liver or lungs? 😆

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@HannibalAteMeOut Perhaps because it's so palpable, we can hear and feel it's beating.