Passion and Actionis 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.
1. Introduction: The Passions and Philosophy PART I 2. Passion and Action in Aristotle 3. Passion and Action in Aquinas 4. Post-Aristotelian Action and Passion PART II 5. Negotiating the Divide: Descartes and Malebranche 6. Mental and Bodily Passions Identified: Hobbes and Spinoza PART III 7. Passion and Error 8. DispassionateScientia 9. The Value of Persuasion 10. Knowledge as Emotion PART IV 11. Conflicting Forces: The Cartesian Theory of Action 12. Deliberating with the Passions Bibliography. Index.
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