PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phlegm, Intellectual Virtue, Seven Deadly Sins
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First use of the word emotion -> 1570s france (s-24: esmotion = to set in motion, move the feelings. Excessive emotions disrupt qi", and impair internal organs. E. g excessive anger causes qi to move upwards, impairs liver, causes headaches, while excessive joy relaxes qi, impairs the heart and results in weakness. Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. Humors (blood, phlegm, bile) of the body impact the brain. Plato"s (429-347 bce) tripartite soul: logical (emotion, appetitive (emotion, spirited. Pathos (passions) = passive, not virtuous nor vicious. Our state (disposition, reasoning) is important in shaping the pathos. Intellectual virtue: taught & rule-based, etiquette, no emotions. Moral virtue: result of habit and action, cultivation of appropriate emotional responses. Do not desire more than what is needed . Ataraxia - freedom from fear and pain. Apatheia stoic or emotionless state of mind.
