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A treatise on the influence of the passions upon the happiness of individuals and of nations: Illustrated by striking references to the principal events and characters that have distinguished the French revolution.

DOI: 10.1037/11671-000

Publisher: George Cawthorn - American Psychological Association

Nov 10, 2008

1 - 10 of 19 Chapters

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Influence of the passions upon the happiness of individuals and of nations.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 1 –43

In the first part of this work, the author attempts to describe the influence of the passions of man upon his own personal happiness, then to examine this same influence on nations. She argues that from the passions, that impulsive force which domineers over the will of man, arises the principal...
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Of the love of glory.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 45 –72

Of all the passions of which the human heart is susceptible, there is none which possesses so striking a character as the love of glory. The traces of its operations may be discovered in the primitive nature of man, but it is only in the midst of society that this sentiment acquires its true...
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Of ambition.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 73 –97

In speaking of the love of glory, I have considered it only in its most perfect sublimity, in that character when it springs from real talents, and aspires only to the splendour of fame. By ambition, I understand that passion which has only power for its object, that is to say, the possession of...
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Of vanity.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 99 –122

Vanity is dependent upon that which has no real value, either in itself or in others; it pursues apparent advantages and fleeting effects. Man is hurried into extremes by his weakness or by his strength, but most commonly vanity gains the ascendant over every other passion in the breast of him...
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Of love.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 128 –154

The word love awakens in the minds of those who hear it almost as many different ideas as the impressions of which they are susceptible. Every body imagines he has been in love, and almost every body is mistaken in this opinion. The other passions are much more natural, and consequently more...
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Of gaming, avarice, drunkenness, &c.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 155 –163

These passions ought not to be ranged in the class of those which are supported by some internal feelings. Nothing, indeed, can be more repugnant to the pleasures which arise from the government of ourselves than subjection to selfish desires. Nevertheless, these degrading propensities bestow no...
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Of envy and revenge.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 165 –173

There are passions which have no precise object, and yet embrace a great part of life. They exert an influence upon life without directing it; and we often sacrifice happiness to their negative power. It is not their character to dazzle us with the sweet illusions of hope and of futurity; they...
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Of the spirit of party.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 175 –200

Using examples from the French revolution, this chapter considers the passion of the spirit of the party. The spirit of party unites men together by the attraction of a common animosity, but not by esteem or cordial attachment. It extinguishes the affections which exist in the soul, in order to...
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Of guilt.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 201 –214

It must be confessed that the love of guilt is itself a passion. No doubt all the other passions lead to this excess; but when they have carried a man to a certain pitch of enormity the effect: becomes the cause; and the guilt, which at first was only the means, becomes the end. (PsycInfo...
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Explanation of the title of the second section.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 215 –216

The section section of this book is entitled "Of the sentiments that are intermediate between the passions and the resources we possess within ourselves." These sentiments include friendship, parental tenderness, filial piety, conjugal love, and religion itself. They carry with them, in some...

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