Passion & Action - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Susan James (Author)Passion and Action is an exploration of the role of the passions in seventeenth-century thought. Susan James offers fresh readin gs 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. Number of Pages: 328 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: December 11, 1997 Show more