Brann, Eva T. H.

Feeling our feelings : what philosophers think and people know / by Eva Brann. - 1st Paul Dry Books ed. - Philadelphia, Pa. : Paul Dry Books, 2008. - xxvi, 530 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-515) and index.

By way of preface: on the title -- Passion itself: poetry -- Eros, spirit, pleasure: Plato's beginning -- The passions as extremes: Aristotle as the founder of passion studies -- The pathology and therapy of the passions: stoicism through Cicero -- The passions sited: Thomas Aquinas and the soul in sum -- The passions of the soul as actions of the body: Descartes and the obscurity of clear and distinct ideas -- Human affect as our body's vitality: Spinoza and the price we pay for resolving all oppositions -- The passions as reflective impressions: Hume and the price we pay for scepticism -- Mood as news from nothing: Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and the age of anxiety -- Our times: theorizing -- By way of conclusion: on the questions.

"In Feeling Our Feelings, Eva Brann considers what the great philosophers on the passions and feelings have thought and written about them. She examines the relevant work of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Adam Smith, Hume, Kierkegaard, and Heidegger, and also includes a chapter on contemporary studies on the brain. Feeling Our Feelings provides a comprehensive look at this pervasive and elusive topic"-- Publisher description.

9781589880467 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781589880450 1589880463 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1589880455

2008030369


Emotions (Philosophy)
Emotions.

B105.E46 / B73 2008

128/.37

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