Passion and Action: The Emotions in Seventeenth-Century PhilosophyPassion and Action is an exploration of the role of the passions in seventeenth century thought. Susan James offers fresh readings of a broad range of thinkers, including such canonical figures as Hobbes, Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, Pascal, and Locke, and shows that a full understanding of their philosophies must take account of their interpretations of our affective life. This ground breaking study throws new light upon the shaping of our ideas