From Passions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category by Thomas Dixon

From Passions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category

Thomas Dixon

300 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science informative reflective medium-paced
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Until two centuries ago "the emotions" did not exist. Thomas Dixon reveals in this study how emotions came into being as a distinct psychological category. They replaced such concepts as appetites, passions, sentiments and affections, which had pr...

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