The 45th Article. What the power of the Soul is, in respect of her Passions.
OUr Passions also cannot be directly excited, or takenaway by the action of our Will: but they may indirectly, by the representation of
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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- 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 23, 2025.
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things which use to be joyned with the Passions which we will have, and which are contrary to those we will reject; Thus to excite in ones selfe boldness and remove fear, it is not enough to have a will to do so, but reasons, objects, and examples are to be considered of, that perswade the danger is not great that there is ever more security in defence than flight; that there is glo∣ry and joy in vanquishing, whereas there is no∣thing to be expected but griefe and dishonour in flying, and the like.