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Full Idea
An emotion is a basic judgement about our Selves and our place in the world, the projection of the values and ideals, structures and mythologies
Gist of Idea
Emotions are judgements about ourselves, and our place in the world
Source
Robert C. Solomon (The Passions [1976], 5.3)
Book Ref
Solomon,Robert C.: 'The Passions (1993 ed)' [Hackett 1993], p.126
A Reaction
Solomon's main theory. What about the Frege-Geach problem - that I feel emotions (and judgements) about fictions and remote events, in which my personal concerns and involvement are zero? Presumably these emotions are parasitic on his primary type?