| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: The Passions and Philosophy -- 2. Passion and Action in Aristotle -- 3. Passion and Action in Aquinas -- 4. Post-Aristotelian Passion and Action -- 5. Negotiating the Divide: Descartes and Malebranche -- 6. Mental and Bodily Passions Identified: Hobbes and Spinoza -- 7. Passion and Error -- 8. Dispassionate Scientia -- 9. The Value of Persuasion -- 10. Knowledge as Emotion -- 11. Conflicting Forces: The Cartesian Theory of Action -- 12. Deliberating with the Passions |
| Summary |
Passion and Action is an exploration of the role of the emotions in early modern thought. Susan James offers fresh readings of a broad range of thinkers, including such canonical figures as Hobbes, Descartes, Pascal and Locke |
| Notes |
Several parts of this book were given as seminar papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Emotions (Philosophy)
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Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
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Emotions (Philosophy)
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Philosophy, Modern
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Emoties.
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Hartstochten.
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Handelen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191519123 |
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019151912X |
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9780191597794 |
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0191597791 |
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9786612051838 |
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6612051833 |
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1282051830 |
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9781282051836 |
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