Thinking about the emotions : a philosophical history /
Leading philosophers offer a rich survey of the development of our understanding of the emotions, discussing major thinkers from antiquity to the 20th century. Thinking about the Emotions is a fascinating and illuminating study of how philosophers have grappled with this intriguing part of our natur...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2017.
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| Series: | Mind Association occasional series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Leading philosophers offer a rich survey of the development of our understanding of the emotions, discussing major thinkers from antiquity to the 20th century. Thinking about the Emotions is a fascinating and illuminating study of how philosophers have grappled with this intriguing part of our nature as beings who feel as well as think and act. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (332 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Bibliography7: Alcali and Acid, Oil and Vinegar: Hume on Contrary Passions; 7.1 Hume's Anatomy of the Passions; 7.2 The Contrary Principles of Sympathy and Comparison; 7.3 Violence and Contrary Passions; 7.4 The Effects of Contrary Passions on Our Psychology and Motivation; 7.5 Moderating the Passions with the Passions; 7.6 But Is Not Reason Really Doing the Work?; Notes; Bibliography; 8: Kant on the Moral Cultivation of Feelings; 8.1 Feelings as Help to Moral Efficacy; 8.2 Are Indirect Duties 'Duties'?; 8.3 Indirect Duties, Freedom, and Feelings; 8.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes. Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780191079443 0191079448 9780191840494 0191840491 |