num_pages: 328
description: 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.
language: English
title: Passion and Action: The Emotions in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
titlecomplete: Passion and Action: The Emotions in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Oxford University Press