| Description |
xiii, 751 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 715-734) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Emotions as judgments of value -- Humans and other animals: the neo-stoic view revised -- Emotions and human societies -- Emotions and infancy -- Music and emotion -- Compassion: tragic predicaments -- Compassion: the philosophical debate -- Compassion and public life -- Ladders of love: an introduction -- Contemplative creativity: Plato, Spinoza, Proust -- The Christian ascent: Augustine -- The Christian ascent: Dante -- The romantic ascent: Emily Brontë -- The |
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romantic ascent: Mahler -- Democratic desire: Walt Whitman -- The transfiguration of everyday life: Joyce. |
| Subject |
Emotions and cognition.
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Emotions -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Emotions -- Sociological aspects.
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| ISBN |
0521462029 |
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