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 romantic ascent : Mahler -- Democratic desire : Walt Whitman -- The transfiguration of everyday life : Joyce.