4015 | For Descartes passions are God-given preservers of the mind-body union [Descartes, by Taylor,C] |
19415 | Passions reside in confused perceptions [Leibniz] |
24011 | Kant thought emotions are too random and passive to be part of morality [Kant, by Williams,B] |
15577 | Moods are more fundamentally revealing than theories - as when fear reveals a threat [Heidegger, by Polt] |
24014 | Emotions are a sort of bodily incantation which brings a magic to the world [Sartre] |
24015 | Emotions makes us believe in and live in a new world [Sartre] |
23946 | The passions are subjective, concerning what is important to me, rather than facts [Solomon] |
23940 | Emotions are strategies for maximising our sense of dignity and self-esteem [Solomon] |
23936 | It is only our passions which give our lives meaning [Solomon] |
23949 | Passions exist as emotions, moods and desires, which all generate meaning [Solomon] |
23956 | The Myth of the Passions says they are irrational, uncontrolled and damaging [Solomon] |
23963 | Which emotions we feel depends on our sense of our own powers [Solomon] |
24008 | Reference to a person's emotions is often essential to understanding their actions [Williams,B] |
4269 | An emotion is a motive which is also a feeling [Scruton] |
23979 | Emotional responses can reveal to us our values, which might otherwise remain hidden [Goldie] |
23976 | If we have a 'feeling towards' an object, that gives the recognition a different content [Goldie] |
23977 | When actions are performed 'out of' emotion, they appear to be quite different [Goldie] |
23980 | It is best to see emotions holistically, as embedded in a person's life narrative [Goldie] |
23982 | If emotions are 'towards' things, they can't be bodily feelings, which lack aboutness [Goldie] |