Title: Passion and action
First published: 1997
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.
Subjects: Emotions (Philosophy), Modern Philosophy, Philosophy, Modern, Philosophy, modern, 17th century
Time periods: 17th century
LC classification: B815 .J36 1997