Spinoza’s Affects. From Descartes to Hobbes

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journal	RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA
issue	RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA - 2020 - 2. Ethica e Passions de l’âme Spinoza con e contro Descartes
title	Spinoza’s Affects. From Descartes to Hobbes
author	Daniel Garber
publisher	Vita e Pensiero
format	Article \| Pdf
online since	07-2020
doi	10.26350/001050_000189
issn	00356247 (print) \| 18277926 (digital)
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This paper sketches how Spinoza’s theory of the emotions changed over his career. It begins with a contrast between the theories of the emotions found in Descartes’ Passions de l’âme and the account of the passions found in a variety of writings by Thomas Hobbes. A comparison of the accounts of the emotions that Spinoza offered in the early Korte Verhandeling (KV) and in the later Ethica then suggests that he moved from an initial commitment to a Cartesian conception of the emotions to a later view more influenced by Hobbes. keywords Spinoza, Descartes, Hobbes, Emotions, Passions Author biography Princeton University. Email: dgarber@princeton.edu Enter a comment for Spinoza’s Affects. From Descartes to Hobbes

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This paper sketches how Spinoza’s theory of the emotions changed over his career. It begins with a contrast between the theories of the emotions found in Descartes’ Passions de l’âme and the account of the passions found in a variety of writings by Thomas Hobbes. A comparison of the accounts of the emotions that Spinoza offered in the early Korte Verhandeling (KV) and in the later Ethica then suggests that he moved from an initial commitment to a Cartesian conception of the emotions to a later view more influenced by Hobbes.