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 148 Article. That the exercise of Vertue, is a Sove∣raigne remedy against the Passions.
NOw, forasmuch as these interiour emotions doe touch us neerest to the quick, and con∣sequently have more power over us, then the Passions they differ from, which are met withall in them, it is certain, that provided our Soul have wherewithall to content her interiour part, all the troubles, that come from abroad, are not able to hurt her, but rather serve to augment her Joy: in that, seeing she cannot be injured by
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them, it lets her understand her own perfection. And that our Soul may be thus contented, she need do nothing but exactly follow the track of Vertue. For whosoever hath lived so, that his Conscience cannot hit him in the teeth for fail∣ing to doe all things which he judged to be best (which is the thing I mean here by following the track of Vertue) he from thence receives a satisfaction so effectuall to make him happy that the most violent assaults of the Passions, shall never be strong enough to trouble the tranquility his Soul.
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