en
Richard Firth-Godbehere

A Human History of Emotion

Сообщить о появлении
Загрузите файл EPUB или FB2 на Букмейт — и начинайте читать книгу бесплатно. Как загрузить книгу?
A sweeping exploration of the ways in which emotions shaped the course of human history, and how our experience and understanding of emotions have evolved along with us. We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. But many of the most important moments in our history had little to do with cold, hard facts and a lot to do with feelings. Events ranging from the origins of philosophy to the birth of the world's major religions, the fall of Rome, the Scientific Revolution, and some of the bloodiest wars that humanity has ever experienced can't be properly understood without understanding emotions. In A Human History of Emotion, Richard Firth-Godbehere takes readers on a fascinating and wide ranging tour of the central and often under-appreciated role emotions have played in human societies around the world and throughout history — from Ancient Greece to Gambia, Japan, the Ottoman Empire, the United…
Эта книга сейчас недоступна
418 бумажных страниц
Уже прочитали? Что скажете?
👍👎

Цитаты

  • b2601497554цитирует8 дней назад
    To act virtuously, you can’t just let your pathē guide you. You have to learn to think about what’s really best—to evaluate, to judge. You have to stop and think, “Is this really the right thing to do?” You can’t just do it because it gives you nice feelings.
  • b2601497554цитирует8 дней назад
    Eros isn’t about personal pleasure but the greater good.
  • b2601497554цитирует8 дней назад
    6 Thymos translates as “anger,” and it’s in this part of the soul where you find the feelings that get stuff done.

На полках

fb2epub
Перетащите файлы сюда, не более 5 за один раз