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Full Idea
All the passions, called passions of the mind, consist of appetite and aversion, except pure pleasure and pain.
Gist of Idea
Apart from pleasure and pain, the only emotions are appetite and aversion
Source
Thomas Hobbes (De Corpore (Elements, First Section) [1655], 4.25.13)
Book Ref
Hobbes,Thomas: 'Metaphysical Writings', ed/tr. Calkins,Mary Whiton [Open Court 1905], p.134
A Reaction
He now faces the challenge of explaining all the many other emotions in terms of these two. Good luck with that, Thomas.
| 23988 | There are four basic emotions: pleasure or delight, distress, appetite, and fear [Stoic school, by Cicero] |
| 4313 | Are there a few primary passions (say, joy, sadness and desire)? [Descartes, by Cottingham] |
| 23989 | There are six primitive passions: wonder, love, hatred, desire, joy and sadness [Descartes, by Goldie] |
| 17261 | Apart from pleasure and pain, the only emotions are appetite and aversion [Hobbes] |
| 23987 | The 'simple passions' are appetite, desire, love, aversion, hate, joy, and grief [Hobbes, by Goldie] |
| 23990 | The three primary emotions are pleasure, pain, and desire [Spinoza, by Goldie] |
| 4849 | The three primary emotions are pleasure, pain and desire [Spinoza] |
| 23964 | There are no 'basic' emotions, only socially prevalent ones [Solomon] |
| 23970 | Emotions are not avocado pears, with a rigid core and changeable surface [Goldie] |
| 23985 | A basic emotion is the foundation of a hierarchy, such as anger for types of annoyance [Goldie] |
| 23986 | Early Chinese basic emotions: joy, anger, sadness, fear, love, disliking, and liking [Goldie] |
| 23991 | Cross-cultural studies of facial expressions suggests seven basic emotions [Goldie] |