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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Title: 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.
Author: Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Publication: 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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The 125th Article. Wherefore it doth not accompany the greatest joyes.

NOw, though laughter may seem to be one of the chiefe signes of Joy, yet this cannot cause that, but only when that is mean, and that there be some little Admiration or Hatred mixed with it; for it is found by experience, that when a man is extraordinary Joyfull, the occasion of this Joy never makes him break out into Laughter: and besides, he can never be so easily invited to it, as when hee is Sad; the reason whereof is, that in the greatest Joyes the lungs are continually so full of blood, that they can∣not be blown up any more by fits.