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The Passions Of The Soul

The Passions Of The Soul from Descartes explains how animals spirits affect the passions
What are the Passions of the Soul?
Articles 1-9
What are the Passions of the Soul? →
How Animal Spirits are Produced in the Brain
Articles 10-18
How Animal Spirits are Produced in the Brain →
What is Perception?
Articles 17-26
What is Perception? →
The Definition of the Passions of the Soul
Articles 27-32
The Definition of the Passions of the Soul →
The Seat of Passions is Not in the Heart
Articles 33-36
The Seat of Passions is Not in the Heart →
How All Passions Are Caused by Some Movement of the Spirits
Articles 37-44
How All Passions Are Caused by Some Movement of the Spirits →
The Power of the Soul over its Passions
Articles 45-50
The Power of the Soul over its Passions →
We can train our souls to conquer our passions
Articles 45-50
We can train our souls to conquer our passions →
The number and order of the Passions, and the six primary ones
Articles 51-
The number and order of the Passions, and the six primary ones →
The number and order of the Passions, and the six primary ones
Articles 67-
The number and order of the Passions, and the six primary ones →
What is the Purpose of Admiration?
Articles 75-78
What is the Purpose of Admiration? →
Love and Hatred
Articles 79-
Love and Hatred →