Passion and Action: The Emotions in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

By Susan James and Susan James

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Passion and Action is an exploration of the role of the passions in seventeenth-century thought. Susan James offers fresh readings of a broad range of thinkers, including such canonical figures as Hobbes, Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, Pascal, and Locke, and shows that a full understanding of their philosophies must take account of their interpretations of our affective life. This ground-breaking study throws new light upon the shaping of our ideas about the mind, knowledge, and action, and provides a historical context for burgeoning current debates about the emotions.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198236743

ISBN13:9780198236740

Release Date:December 1997

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.41 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

17th Century Consciousness & Thought Ethics & Morality Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophy

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