Passion and Action: The Emotions in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

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.


Author: Susan James
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 12/11/1997
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780198236740

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