In his final philosophical treatise, The Passions of the Soul (), completed in 1649 and dedicated to Queen Christina of Sweden, René Descartes contributes to a long tradition of philosophical enquiry into the nature of "the passions". The passions were experiences  now commonly called emotions in the modern period , and had been a subject of debate among natural philosophers since the time of Plato.
In his final philosophical treatise, The Passions of the Soul (), completed in 1649 and dedicated to Queen Christina of Sweden, René Descartes contributes to a long tradition of philosophical enquiry into the nature of "the passions". The passions were experiences – now commonly called emotions in the modern period – that had been a subject of debate among philosophers and theologians since the time of Plato.
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