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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The 202 Article. That weak, and mean soules, suffer themselves most to be swayed with the other.

THe other sort of Wrath, wherein Hatred, and Sadness predominates, is not at first so appa∣rent, unless that, it may be, it make the face look pale; but the strength thereof is encreased by lit∣tle and little, by the agitation which an ardent Desire of revenge excites in the blood, which be∣ing mixed with choler driven to the heart from the lower part of the Liver, and the Spleen, ex∣cites therin a very sharp, and pricking hear; and as the most generous souls are fullest of Grati∣tude, so they who are proudest, meanest, and lowest give themselues up most to this sort of Wrath; for injuries appear so much the greater, as Pride makes a man esteem himselfe higher: and also seeing how much more a man esteemes the goods they dispile him of, which he values the more, the lower and meaner that his Soul is, because they are extraneous.