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  2. Passions (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    A passion, in his view, happens when external events affect us partially such that we have confused ideas about these events and their causes. A "passive" state is when we experience an emotion which Spinoza regarded as a "passivity of the soul." [7] The body's power is increased or diminished.

  3. Passion (emotion) - Wikipedia

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    Passion and desire go hand in hand, especially as a motivation. Linstead & Brewis refer to Merriam-Webster to say that passion is an "intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction". This suggests that passion is a very intense emotion, but can be positive or negative. Negatively, it may be unpleasant at times.

  4. Passions of the Soul - Wikipedia

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    In the first part of his work, Descartes ponders the relationship between the thinking substance and the body. For Descartes, the only link between these two substances is the pineal gland (art. 31), the place where the soul is attached to the body. The passions that Descartes studies are in reality the actions of the body on the soul (art. 25).

  5. 14 Things to Say Besides 'I Love You' - AOL

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    Emotional safety allows you to feel protected and loved—and confident that your partner will take care of your heart. ... people need to hear how much they mean to you in a straightforward way ...

  6. On Passions - Wikipedia

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    Thus a passion consists of two propositions: (1) this is something good/bad and (2) it is right that one should be affected by it. [53] In the case of distress, people believe that (1) something bad has befallen them, and (2) that one should shrink before it, producing not only the inner pain but the outward signs of distress such as weeping. [54]

  7. Spirit possession - Wikipedia

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    The body is believed to normally be "heavy" (ilum) with sin, and possession is the process of the Holy Spirit throwing the sins from one's body, making the person "light" (fong) again. [116] This is a completely new ritual for the Urapmin, who have no indigenous tradition of spirit-possession.

  8. Stoic passions - Wikipedia

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    A passion is a disturbing and misleading force in the mind which occurs because of a failure to reason correctly. [2] For the Stoic Chrysippus the passions are evaluative judgements. [ 4 ] A person experiencing such an emotion has incorrectly valued an indifferent thing. [ 5 ]

  9. The Most Common Sex Dreams and What They Mean - AOL

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    Cheating on your partner or your partner cheating on you. There are two ways to break down infidelity dreams, Loewenberg explains. One, if a partner has cheated on you in the past, and two, if a ...