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1	Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell more books like this by Aldous Huxley Huxley's own account of his experiments with mescaline, a drug derived from peyote and used by Native Americans in Mexico and the southwestern United States in religious ceremonies. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Meaning of Anxiety more books like this by Rollo May First published in 1950, Rollo May has revised this now-classic study of anxiety and deepened his exploration into anxiety theory. He challenges the idea that mental health means living without anxiety, and he explores anxiety's potential for self-realization as well as ways to avoid its destructive aspects. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.83! \| first editions \| SVS
3	True to Our Feelings: What Our Emotions Are Really Telling Us more books like this by Robert C Solomon Solomon illuminates the rich life of the emotions--what they are and how theygive meaning to life. He shows that emotions are all essential to values, andto living happily, healthily, and well. see all copies from $9.72! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics more books like this by Martha Craven Nussbaum The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline, but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of urgent human significance: the fear of death, love and sexuality, anger and aggression. Like medicine, philosophy to them was a rigorous science aimed at both understanding and producing the ... see all copies from $8.55! new only from $25.20! \| first editions \| SVS
5	On Desire: Why We Want What We Want more books like this by William B Irvine Irvine looks at what modern science can tell about desire--what happens in the brain when one desires something and how animals evolved particular desires. He suggests that people who can convince themselves to want what they already have dramatically enhances their happiness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| SVS
6	Not Passion's Slave: Emotions and Choice more books like this by Robert Solomon The idea that we are in some significant sense responsible for our emotions is an idea that Robert Solomon has developed for almost three decades. Here, in a single volume, he traces the development of this theory of emotions and elaborate it in detail. Two themes run through his work: the first presents a "cognitive" theory of emotions in which ... see all copies from $4.63! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Passionate Engines: What Emotions Reveal about the Mind and Artificial Intelligence more books like this by Craig Delancey In this unique contribution to philosophical debate, Craig DeLancey shows that our best understanding of emotion provides essential insight on key issues in philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence. DeLancey offers us a bold new approach to the study of the mind based on the latest scientific research, and provides an accessible overview of ... see all copies from $7.41! new only from $17.94! \| SVS
8	The Vehement Passions more books like this by Philip Fisher Breaking 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 ... see all copies from $9.06! new only from $23.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Homo viator; introduction to a metaphysic of hope. more books like this by Gabriel Marcel see all copies from $4.82! first editions
10	The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life more books like this by Robert C. Solomon see all copies from $8.23! new only from $14.88!
11	The Secret History of Emotion: From Aristotle's Rhetoric to Modern Brain Science more books like this by Daniel M Gross Princess Diana's death was a tragedy that provoked mourning across the globe; the death of a homeless person, more often than not, is met with apathy. How can we account for this uneven distribution of emotion? Can it simply be explained by the prevailing scientific understanding? Uncovering a rich tradition beginning with Aristotle, "The Secret ... see all copies from $13.61! new only from $13.61! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Dangerous Emotions more books like this by Alphonso Lingis A series of essays in an "academic-New Yorker" style, combining anthropology, natural science, and philosophy. see all copies from $12.34! new only from $33.73! \| first editions
13	The passions more books like this by Robert C Solomon see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	On the Name: Jacques Derrida more books like this by Thomas Dutoit (Editor), Professor Jacques Derrida, David Wood (Translator) "The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gies a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one delivers nothing, and still something comes to be, which comes down to giving that which one does not have, as Plotinus said of the Good. What happens, above all, when ... see all copies from $15.78! new only from $17.19! \| SVS
15 view cover	On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings more books like this by Max Scheler, Harold F Bershady (Editor) One of the pioneers of modern sociology, Max Scheler (1874- 1928) ranks with Max Weber, Edmund Husserl, and Ernst Troeltsch as being among the most brilliant minds of his generation. Yet Scheler is now known chiefly for his philosophy of religion, despite his groundbreaking work in the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of emotions, and ... see all copies from $17.15! new only from $23.73!
16 view cover	On the Emotions more books like this by Richard Wollheim Leading philosopher Richard Wollheim recruits into service the insights of literature and of psychoanalysis, as well as of philosophy, in this rich and thought-provoking account of the emotions. Starting from the premise that emotions form a distinct psychological category, Wollheim argues that they are--like beliefs and desires--dispositions or ... see all copies from $20.60! new only from $61.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	Action, Emotion and Will more books like this by Anthony John Patrick Kenny Action, Emotion and Will was first published in 1963, when it was one of the first books to provoke serious interest in the emotions and philosophy of human action. Almost forty years on, Anthony Kenny's account of action and emotion is still essential reading for anyone interested in these topics. The first part of the book takes an historical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.55! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	A Tear Is an Intellectual Thing: The Meanings of Emotion more books like this by Jerome Neu Is jealousy eliminable? If so, at what cost? What are the connections between pride the sin and the pride insisted on by identity politics? How can one question an individual's understanding of their own happiness or override a society's account of its own rituals? What makes a sexual desire "perverse," or particular sexual relations (such as ... see all copies from $9.59! new only from $31.01! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Explaining Emotions more books like this by Amelia O Rorty (Photographer) The challenge of explaining the emotions has engaged the attention of the best minds in philosophy and science throughout history. Part of the fascination has been that the emotions resist classification. As adequate account therefore requires receptivity to knowledge from a variety of sources. The philosopher must inform himself of the relevant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.69! \| first editions
20 view cover	Practical Guilt: Moral Dilemmas, Emotions, and Social Norms more books like this by Patricia S Greenspan P.S. Greenspan uses the treatment of moral dilemmas as the basis for an alternative view of the structure of ethics and its relation to human psychology. Greenspan argues that dilemmas may be regarded as possible consequences of a set of social rules designed to be simple enough to be teachable. Where these rules prohibit action either way, the ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $4.93! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Emotion, Character, and Responsibility more books like this by John Sabini, Maury Silver The authors explore why emotions are important in our conception of a person's character and in our own conception of self. Chapter topics include caring, loyalty, sincerity, shame, guilt, and embarrassment. Together they provide an illuminating and provocative account of emotional life. see all copies from $7.50! new only from $8.25! \| first editions
22 view cover	Sound Sentiments: Integrity in the Emotions more books like this by Professor David Pugmire What does it mean for emotion to be well-constituted? What distinguishes good feeling from (just) feeling good? Is there such a distinction at all? The answer to these questions becomes clearer if we realize that for an emotion to be all it seems, it must be responsible as well as responsive to what it is about. It may be that good feeling depends ... see all copies from $14.98! new only from $31.89!
23 view cover	Emotional Honesty & Self-Acceptance: Education Strategies for Preventing Violence more books like this by Ronald R Brill, J M Stubblebine (Foreword by) see all copies from $11.98! new only from $18.72! \| SVS
24 view cover	The Emotions: A Philosophical Exploration more books like this by Peter Goldie Peter Goldie opens the path to a deeper understanding of our emotional lives through a lucid philosophical exploration of this surprisingly neglected topic. Drawing on philosophy, literature and science, Goldie considers the roles of culture and evolution in the development of our emotional capabilities. He examines the links between emotion, mood ... see all copies from $16.98! new only from $39.31! \| SVS
25 view cover	Love and Will more books like this by May Rollo, Rollo May The heart of the dilemma of modern man is our failure to understand the real meanings of love and will, their sources and their interrelations. In bringing fresh insight and interpretation to these concepts, May shows how we can attain a deeper consciousness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.99!

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