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Passion and action : the emotions in seventeenth-century philosophy /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James, Susan, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Emotions (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Modern > 17th century.
Émotions (Philosophie)
Philosophie > 17e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Philosophy, Modern
Emoties.
Hartstochten.
Handelen.
1600 - 1699
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Item Description:Several parts of this book were given as seminar papers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index.
ISBN:9780191519123
019151912X
9780191597794
0191597791
9786612051838
6612051833
1282051830
9781282051836