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Ideas for 'The Passions of the Soul', 'New Scientist articles' and 'Laughter'

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions
4015 For Descartes passions are God-given preservers of the mind-body union [Descartes, by Taylor,C]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / e. Basic emotions
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]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality
12174 Only rational beings are attentive without motive or concern [Scruton]
16419 No one has yet devised a rationality test [New Sci.]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 7. Intelligence
16417 About a third of variation in human intelligence is environmental [New Sci.]
16418 People can be highly intelligent, yet very stupid [New Sci.]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 1. Psychology
19484 Psychologists measure personality along five dimensions [New Sci.]