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