# Consciousness Begins with Feeling by Antonio Damasio > "Consciousness begins as the feeling of what happens." > **— Antonio Damasio**, *The Feeling of What Happens (1999), compressed candidate wording* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: The Feeling of What Happens (1999), compressed candidate wording. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Escape Hatch in the Skull|Escape Hatch in the Skull]] - **Article:** [[articles/Science of Digital Consciousness|Science of Digital Consciousness]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Third Possibility|The Third Possibility]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|Consciousness Indicators]] - [[wiki/Machine Consciousness|Machine Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Hard Problem of Consciousness|Hard Problem of Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Digital Minds|Digital Minds]] - [[wiki/Consciousness Emergence|Consciousness Emergence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Consciousness begins as the feeling of what happens." — Antonio Damasio, The Feeling of What Happens (1999), compressed candidate wording https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-antonio-damasio-consciousness-feeling ```