A brief history of emotions
There’s a very long Western tradition of thinking about the emotions. Emotions are aspects of feeling which lead you towards action, towards behaviour. Since Aristotle emotions are intrinsically to be encouraged. How shall we understand affection, friendship, love, hate, the force of anger? What body distress has to say about our emotions?
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There’s a very long Western tradition of thinking about the emotions. Emotions are aspects of feeling which lead you towards action, towards behaviour. Since Aristotle emotions are intrinsically to be encouraged. How shall we understand affection, friendship, love, hate, the force of anger? What body distress has to say about our emotions?

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