Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on references
- Introduction
- 1 Volo ergo sum: the unity and significance of Les Passions de l'âme
- 2 Perturbations or sweet pleasures? Descartes' place in two traditions regarding the passions
- 3 The natural integration of reason and passion
- 4 Representing and referring
- 5 Action and passion: metaphysical integrationism
- 6 Wonder and love: extending the boundaries of the Cartesian knower and the Cartesian self
- 7 Several strange passages on desire and fortune
- 8 Generosity breeds content: self-mastery through self-esteem
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Wonder and love: extending the boundaries of the Cartesian knower and the Cartesian self
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on references
- Introduction
- 1 Volo ergo sum: the unity and significance of Les Passions de l'âme
- 2 Perturbations or sweet pleasures? Descartes' place in two traditions regarding the passions
- 3 The natural integration of reason and passion
- 4 Representing and referring
- 5 Action and passion: metaphysical integrationism
- 6 Wonder and love: extending the boundaries of the Cartesian knower and the Cartesian self
- 7 Several strange passages on desire and fortune
- 8 Generosity breeds content: self-mastery through self-esteem
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Descartes and the Passionate Mind , pp. 141 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006