04245nam 2200697 a 450 991077821630332120200520144314.01-4008-1410-31-282-15895-397866121589571-4008-2489-310.1515/9781400824892(CKB)1000000000788576(EBL)457791(OCoLC)52256495(SSID)ssj0000266927(PQKBManifestationID)11254394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266927(PQKBWorkID)10322816(PQKB)11114474(SSID)ssj0000266928(PQKBManifestationID)12062635(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266928(PQKBWorkID)10332756(PQKB)11688845(MdBmJHUP)muse36149(DE-B1597)446169(OCoLC)979834595(DE-B1597)9781400824892(Au-PeEL)EBL457791(CaPaEBR)ebr10312632(CaONFJC)MIL215895(MiAaPQ)EBC457791(EXLCZ)99100000000078857620011016d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe vehement passions[electronic resource] /Philip FisherCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20021 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-06996-4 0-691-11572-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-261) and indexes. Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. Passions, Strong Emotions, Vehement Occasions -- TWO. Paths among the Passions -- THREE. Thoroughness -- FOUR. Privacy, Radical Singularity -- FIVE. Time -- SIX. Rashness -- SEVEN. Mutual Fear -- EIGHT. The Aesthetics of Fear -- NINE. The Radius of the Will -- TEN. Anger and Diminution -- ELEVEN. Grief -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- INDEX OF TERMSBreaking off the ordinary flow of experience, the passions create a state of exception. In their suddenness and intensity, they map a personal world, fix and qualify our attention, and impel our actions. Outraged anger drives us to write laws that will later be enforced by impersonal justice. Intense grief at the death of someone in our life discloses the contours of that life to us. Wonder spurs scientific inquiry. The strong current of Western thought that idealizes a dispassionate world has ostracized the passions as quaint, even dangerous. Intense states have come to be seen as symptoms of pathology. A fondness for irony along with our civic ideal of tolerance lead us to prefer the diluted emotional life of feelings and moods. Demonstrating enormous intellectual originality and generosity, Philip Fisher meditates on whether this victory is permanent-and how it might diminish us. From Aristotle to Hume to contemporary biology, Fisher finds evidence that the passions have defined a core of human nature no less important than reason or desire. Traversing the Iliad, King Lear, Moby Dick, and other great works, he discerns the properties of the high-spirited states we call the passions. Are vehement states compatible with a culture that values private, selectively shared experiences? How do passions differ from emotions? Does anger have an opposite? Do the passions give scale, shape, and significance to our experience of time? Is a person incapable of anger more dangerous than someone who is irascible? In reintroducing us to our own vehemence, Fisher reminds us that it is only through our strongest passions that we feel the contours of injustice, mortality, loss, and knowledge. It is only through our personal worlds that we can know the world.Emotions (Philosophy)Emotions (Philosophy)128/.37Fisher Philip1941-1523004MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778216303321The vehement passions3861423UNINA03642nam 2200637Ia 450 991082268710332120200520144314.01-281-72179-497866117217940-300-12837-110.12987/9780300128376(CKB)1000000000471973(EBL)3419927(OCoLC)923588648(SSID)ssj0000224204(PQKBManifestationID)11190583(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224204(PQKBWorkID)10205145(PQKB)11077945(StDuBDS)EDZ0000165627(MiAaPQ)EBC3419927(DE-B1597)485521(OCoLC)1024015597(DE-B1597)9780300128376(EXLCZ)99100000000047197319990720d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolitics, law, and morality essays /by V.S. Soloviev ; edited and translated by Vladimir Wozniuk ; foreword by Gary Saul Morson1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20001 online resource (364 p.)Russian literature and thoughtDescription based upon print version of record.0-300-07995-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-320) and indexes.Frontmatter --Contents --Foreword --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Christianity and Revolution --2. Morality and Politics --3. On the Christian State and Society --4. The Social Question in Europe --5. Nationality from a Moral Point of View --6. The Significance of the State --7. Sunday Letters --8. Law and Morality --9. Plato's Life-Drama --10. The Idea of a Superman --11. A Brief Tale about the Antichrist --Appendix A. The Jews in Russia --Appendix B. Panmongolism (a poem) --Appendix C. Letter to Tsar Nikolai II --Notes --Index --Index of Biblical ReferencesConsidered one of Russia's greatest philosophers, Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900) was also a theologian, historian, poet, and social and political critic. His works have emerged to enjoy renewed attention in post-Soviet Russia, and his concerns echo in contemporary discussions of politics, law, and morality. In this collection of Soloviev's essays-many translated into English for the first time-the philosopher explores an array of social issues, from the death penalty to nationalism to women's rights.Soloviev reacts against the tradition of European rationalist thought and seeks to synthesize religious philosophy, science, and ethics in the context of a universal Christianity. In these writings he reveals the centrality of human rights in his Christian worldview, not only as an abstract theory but also as an inspiration in everyday life. In a substantive introduction and copious annotations to the essays, Vladimir Wozniuk points out distinctive and often overlooked features of Soloviev's works while illuminating his place within both the Russian and Western intellectual traditions.Russian literature and thought.Philosophy, RussianPhilosophy, ModernPhilosophy, Russian.Philosophy, Modern.197Solovyov Vladimir Sergeyevich1853-1900.246285Wozniuk Vladimir1698404MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822687103321Politics, law, and morality4188912UNINA