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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Subject terms: Human behavior -- Miscellanea -- Early works to 1800.; Emotions -- Early works to 1800.
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The 162. Article. Of Veneration.

VEneration, or respect is an inclination of the Soul not onely to esteeme the object it re∣verenceth, but also so submit to it with some kind of fear, to endeavour to make it become gracious to her. So that we bear only a Venera∣tion to free causes, which we conceive able to do good or evill to us, without knowing which of the two they will doe. For we bear Love, and Devotion rather than a meer Veneration to those from whom we onely expect good, and we bear Hatred to none but such as we only expect evill from; and if we conceive the cause of this good, or evil not to be free, we do not submit ourselves thereunto to get the goodwill of it. So when the Pagans bore a Veneration to woods, springs, mountains, they did not properly reverence these inanimate things, but the Divinities which they thought presided over them. And t he motion of the spirits that excite this Passion, is compounded of that which excites Admiration and that which excites Fear, whereof I will speak hereafter.