Single Idea 23954

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions]

Full Idea

An emotion is a basic judgement about our Selves and our place in the world, the projection of the values and ideals, structures and mythologies

Gist of Idea

Emotions are judgements about ourselves, and our place in the world

Source

Robert C. Solomon (The Passions [1976], 5.3)

Book Reference

Solomon,Robert C.: 'The Passions (1993 ed)' [Hackett 1993], p.126


A Reaction

Solomon's main theory. What about the Frege-Geach problem - that I feel emotions (and judgements) about fictions and remote events, in which my personal concerns and involvement are zero? Presumably these emotions are parasitic on his primary type?