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A Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul of Man

Edward Reynolds 1640 First Modern Translation
Reynolds provides a comprehensive philosophical and theological analysis of human passions and mental faculties within the soul.

EEBO-TCP A10663 (TEI), original spelling, printed page numbers

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Contents

  1. TO HER HIGHNESSE THE PRINCESSE ELIZABETH, PRINCESSE PALATINE OF THE RHINE, DVTCHES OF…
  2. A PREFACE TO THE READER.
  3. A TREATISE of the Passions and Faculties of the SOULE of MAN.p. 1
  4. CHAP. II. In what Cases the dependance of the Soule on the Body, is lessened by Faith…p. 8
  5. CHAP. III. Of the Memorie, and some few causes of the weakenesse thereof.p. 13
  6. CHAP. IV. Of the Fancie: Its offices to the Will and Reason, Uolubilitie of Thoughts…p. 18
  7. CHAP. V. Of Passions, their nature, and distribution; of the Motions of Naturall…p. 31
  8. CHAP. VI. Of Humane Passions in generall: their use, Naturall, Morall, Civill: their…p. 41
  9. CHAP. VII. Of the Exercise of Passion: of Stoicall Apathie: of Permanencie, Defect…p. 46
  10. CHAP. VIII. Of the effects of Passions, how they sharpen Vertue: Of vitious…p. 57
  11. CHAP. IX. Of the affection of Love, of Love naturall, of generall communion, of Love…p. 74
  12. CHAP. X. Of the Rule of true Love: the Love of God and our selves: similitude to these…p. 81
  13. CHAP. XI. Of the Effects of Love, Vnion to the Object, Stay and Immoration of the Mind…p. 98
  14. CHAP. XII. Of the Passion of Hatred, the Fundamentall Cause or Object thereof Evill, how…p. 111
  15. CHAP. XIII. Of the other Causes of Hatred, Secret Antipathy, Difficulty of procuring a…p. 119
  16. CHAP. XIIII. Of the Quality and Quantity of Hatred, and how in either respects it is to…p. 131
  17. CHAP. XV. Of the Good and Evill Effects of Hatred. Cautelousnesse and Wisedome to profit…p. 137
  18. CHAP. XVI. Of the Affection of Desire. What it is. The severall kindes of it, Naturall…p. 161
  19. CHAP. XVII. Of other causes of Desire, Infirmity, Temerity, Mutability of Minde…p. 177
  20. CHAP. XVIII. Rules touching our Desires. Desires of lower Objects must not be either…p. 190
  21. CHAP. XIX. Of the Affection of •… y Delight. The severall Objects thereof, Corporall…p. 197
  22. CHAP. XX. Of the Causes of Ioy. The union of the Object to the Faculty, by Contemplation…p. 203
  23. CHAP. XXI. Of other Causes of Delight. Vnexpectednesse of a God. Strength of Desire.…p. 112
  24. CHAP. XXII. Of the Affection of Sorrow, the Object of it evill, sensitive, Intellectuall…p. 221
  25. CHAP. XXIII. Of the affection of Hope, the Object of it, Good Future, Possible…p. 233
  26. CHAP. XXIV. Of the causes of Hope, Want, and Weakenesse together, Experience and…p. 240
  27. CHAP. XXV. Of the Effects of Hope: Stability of Mind: Wearinesse, arising not out of…p. 254
  28. CHAP. XXVI. Of the Affection of Boldnesse. What it is. The Causes of it, strong Desires…p. 258
  29. CHAP. XXI. Of the Passion of Feare: the Causes of it; Impotency, Obnoxiousnesse…p. 206
  30. CHAP. XXVIII. Of the Effects of Feare, suspition, Circumspection, Superstition…p. 210
  31. CHAP. XXIX. Of that particular Affection of Feare, which is called Shame. What it is.…p. 300
  32. CHAP. XXX. Of the Affection of Anger. The Distinctions of it. The Fundamentall Cause…p. 313
  33. CHAP. XXXI. Of other Causes of Anger: first in regard of him that suffers wrong…p. 307
  34. CHAP. XXXII. Of the Originall of the Reasonable Soule, whether it be immediatly Created…p. 391
  35. CHAP. XXXIII. Of the Image of God in the Reasonable soule, in regard of its simplicity…p. 400
  36. CHAP. XXXIV. Of the Soules immortality proved by its simplicity, independance, agreement…p. 407
  37. CHAP. XXXV. Of the Honour of Humane Bodies by Creation, by Resurrection; of the…p. 420
  38. CHAP. XXXVI. Of that part of Gods Image in the Soule, which answereth to his Power…p. 429
  39. CHAP. XXXVII. Of the Faculty of Vnderstanding. Its operations outward upon the Object…p. 444
  40. CHAP. XXXVIII. Of Errours: the Causes thereof: the Abuses of Principles, Palsifying them…p. 483
  41. CHAP. XXXIX. The Actions of the Vnderstanding, Invention, Wit, Iudgement; of Invention…p. 500
  42. CHAP. XL. Of the Actions of the Vnderstanding upon the Will, with respect to the End and…p. 517
  43. CHAP. XLI. Of the Conscience; its Offices of Direction, Conviction, Comfort…p. 531
  44. CHAP. XLII. Of the Will: it's Appetite: with the proper and chiefe Objects thereof, God.…p. 537

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