René Descartes - Les Passions de l'Ame - 1679

Rarest edition of this fundamental work of modern philosophy, devoted to the study of emotions, feelings and the mechanisms that govern human reactions -

Last great treatise published by the philosopher in his lifetime, this text extends his reflections on the relations between body and mind, seeking to explain how bodily movements influence thought and how the will can, in turn, act on passions -

Descartes thus investigates the nature of the soul, its union with the body and the physiological manifestations that accompany affective states, in an approach that combines philosophical reasoning and observation of human functioning -

René Descartes - Les Passions de l'Ame - 1679 - Théodore Girard -
XLVIIJ, 282 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, book in its full period basane leather, wear from use, a few minor defects on covers and spine, front hinge cracked, headcaps and corners worn, speckled edges, spine with raised bands and ornate gilding -

Good interior condition, browning, damp stain shifted across many gatherings, beautiful vignette on the title page, new edition (the original in 1649); composed in three parts: Of passions in general, and by occasion of the whole nature of man; Of the number and order of the passions and the explanation of the six primitives; Of particular passions, good copy -

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