Emotion, Thought and Therapy: A Study of Hume and Spinoza and the Relationship of Philosophical Theories of Emotion to Psychological Theories of The

by Jerome Neu

Book Overview

First published in 1977, Emotion, Thought and Therapy is a study of Hume and Spinoza and the relationship of philosophical theories of the emotions to psychological theories of therapy. Jerome Neu argues that the Spinozists are closer to the truth; that is, that thoughts are of greater importance than feelings in the classification and discrimination of emotional states. He then contends that if the Spinozists are closer to the truth, we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032350466
• ISBN13: 9781032350462
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages