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.

The 199 Article. Of Wrath.

WRath is also a sort of Hatred or Aversion against those that have done any evill, or endeavoured to hurt, not indifferently any thing whatsoever, but particularly our selves. So it containes all Indignation doth, and this besides, that it is grounded upon an action that we are Sensible of, and whereof we have a Desire to be revenged. For this Desire almost ever accom∣panies it, and is directly opposite to Gratitude as Indignation is to Good-will. But it is, with∣out compare, more violent than these other three Passions, because the desire to repell things hurtfull, and be revenged, is most vehement of all. It is this desire, joyned to selfe-love, that furnisheth Wrath with all the agitation of blood that Courage and Boldnesse can cause: and Hatred especially causeth the colericke blood, that comes from the spleen, and the little veines of the liver, which receives this agitation, and gets into the heart: or because of its abundance, and the nature of the choler wherewith it is mingled, it excites a sharper and more ardent heat, than can be excited therein either by Love, or Joy.