The passions of the soule in three books the first, treating of the passions in generall, and occasionally of the whole nature of man. The second, of the number, and order of the passions, and the explication of the six primitive ones. The third, of particular passions. By R. des Cartes. And translated out of French into English.
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The passions of the soule in three books the first, treating of the passions in generall, and occasionally of the whole nature of man. The second, of the number, and order of the passions, and the explication of the six primitive ones. The third, of particular passions. By R. des Cartes. And translated out of French into English.
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Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
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London :: Printed for A.C. and are to be sold by J. Martin, and J. Ridley, at the Castle in Fleetstreet neer Ram-Alley,
1650.
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Human behavior -- Miscellanea -- Early works to 1800.
Emotions -- Early works to 1800.
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"The passions of the soule in three books the first, treating of the passions in generall, and occasionally of the whole nature of man. The second, of the number, and order of the passions, and the explication of the six primitive ones. The third, of particular passions. By R. des Cartes. And translated out of French into English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A81352.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.
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The second Article. That to understand the Passions of the soul, it is necessary to distinguish the functions thereof from those of the body.
FUrthermore, I consider that we observe not any thing which more immediately agi∣tates our soul, than the body joyned to it, & consequently we ought to conceive that what in that is a Passion, is commonly in this an Action; so that there is no better way to attain to the un∣derstanding of our Passions, than by exami∣ing the difference between the soul and the
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body, that we may know to which of them each function in us ought to be attributed.
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