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πάθος: passion or emotion, often excessive and based on false judgements. phantasiai φαντασία: impression, appearance, the way in which something is perceived. phronesis φρόνησις: prudence, practical virtue and practical wisdom, or, colloquially, sense (as in "good sense", "horse sense"). physis φύσις: nature. pneuma
Reason is advocated in the control of passion, something seen as desirable and necessary for the development of a mature, civilized human being. This is achieved by the cultivation of virtue. Four virtues in particular have long been seen as of special value in this area of philosophy.
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]
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.
The Stoics listed the good-feelings under the headings of joy (chara), wish (boulesis), and caution (eulabeia). [5] Thus if something is present which is a genuine good, then the wise person experiences an uplift in the soul—joy (chara). [14] The Stoics also subdivided the good-feelings: [15] Joy: Enjoyment; Cheerfulness; Good spirits; Wish ...
Passionate love is linked to passion, as in intense emotion, for example, joy and fulfillment, but also anguish and agony. [16] Hatfield notes that the original meaning of passion "was agony—as in Christ's passion." [16] In contemporary literature, the original components of passionate love are seen to some degree as being a mixture of things.
thumos ("passion"), the emotional element in virtue of which we feel joy, amusement, etc. (the Republic IV, 439e); epithumia (" appetite ", " affection "), to which are ascribed bodily desires ; Plato suggested we have three parts of our soul, which in combination makes us better in our destined vocation, and is a hidden basis for developing ...
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, or the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. [1] An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse , which differs from the love of food .