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Full Idea
Descartes makes strength of will the central virtue.
Gist of Idea
Descartes makes strength of will the central virtue
Source
report of René Descartes (The Passions of the Soul [1649]) by Charles Taylor - Sources of the Self §8
Book Ref
Taylor,Charles: 'Sources of the Self' [CUP 1992], p.153
A Reaction
Presumably strength of will can serve evil ends, so this is a bit confusing.
| 4015 | For Descartes passions are God-given preservers of the mind-body union [Descartes, by Taylor,C] |
| 4313 | Are there a few primary passions (say, joy, sadness and desire)? [Descartes, by Cottingham] |
| 4016 | Descartes makes strength of will the central virtue [Descartes, by Taylor,C] |
| 3654 | The pineal gland links soul to body, and unites the two symmetrical sides of the body [Descartes, by PG] |
| 20037 | Merely willing to walk leads to our walking [Descartes] |
| 23989 | There are six primitive passions: wonder, love, hatred, desire, joy and sadness [Descartes, by Goldie] |
| 16763 | We don't die because the soul departs; the soul departs because the organs cease functioning [Descartes] |