The Vehement Passions by Philip Fisher

The Vehement Passions

Philip Fisher

280 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
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Breaking off the ordinary flow of experience, the passions create a state of exception. In their suddenness and intensity, they map a personal world, fix and qualify our attention, and impel our actions. Outraged anger drives us to write laws that...

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