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 May 5, 2024.
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The 164th Article. Of the use of these two Passions.
ANd it is either Generosity or Deification and weaknesse of spirit, that determine the good or ill use of these two Passions; for by how much a mans Soul is more noble or generous, so much the more inclination hee hath to give every one his own: and so hath not only an extraordinaty HUmility towards God but without reluctancy bestowes all the honour and respect which are due to men, to each according to the rank, and authority he holds in the world, and contemnes nothing but Vice. On the contrary, they who are of a mean and weak spirit, are apt to sinne in excesses, sometimes by reverencing, and fearing
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things only worthy of contempt, sometimes by insolently disdaining such as deserve to be reve∣renced; and they often slip suddenly from ex∣tream impiety to superstition, thence again from superstition to impiety, so that there is no vice, nor irregularity of spirit which they are not subject to.
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