The 159 Article. Of Dejection.
FOr Dejection, or vitious Humility it consists chiefely in this, that a man perceives him∣selfe weak, or little resolute, and, as if he had not the absolute use of his free disposition, he
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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"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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cannot refraine from doing things, whereof he knowes not whether he shall repent or no after∣wards: then besides, that he beleeves he cannot subsist of himselfe, nor forgoe many things, whose acquisition depends from without him. So it is directly opposite to Generosity, and it oft befalls that men of a meane spirit, are most anogant and proud, just as the most generous are most modest, and humble. But whereas those of a generous spirit alter not their nature by any prosperity or adversity that befalls them, those who are weake, and abject are onely guided by fortune and prosperity doth not puffe up so high, but adversity brings them down as low. Yea, it is often seen that they abase them∣selves shamefully to such as they expect profit or feare evill from, and at the same time lift them∣selves up insolently over those from whom they neither hope, nor fear any-thing.