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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

11 - 19 of 19 Chapters

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Of friendship.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 217 –231

Friendship is not a passion, for it does not deprive you of a due dominion over yourself; neither is it a resource which we find within ourselves; since it exposes the objects of its choice to the various vicissitudes that may arise from difference of lot, or difference of character: finally, it...
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Of filial piety, of parental and conjugal affection.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 233 –244

The most sacred of the moral elements of the world are the ties that bind together parents and their children. On this holy duty is equally poised the basis of nature and society, and nothing short of extreme depravity can make us spurn at this involuntary instinct, which, in these relations,...
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Of religion.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 245 –262

Religion, in its general acceptation, supposes an unshakeable faith, and whoever has received from heaven this profound conviction, can find no void in life: this faith suffices and fills all its vacuities. In this respect, indeed, the influence of religion is truly powerful, and in this very...
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We do not stand in sufficient dread of misfortune before it befalls us.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 263 –270

There is no question of the resources which we may discover within ourselves after the storm of the more vehement passions is blown over, resources of which we would be more eager to avail ourselves, were we early impressed with the notions I have endeavoured to unfold in my analysis of the...
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Of philosophy.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 271 –283

Philosophy, to whose aid I deem it wise that impassioned souls should have recourse, is of a nature altogether sublime. But to avail himself of these aids, man must take a position above himself in order to command himself, and above others, that he may have nothing to expect from them. Weary of...
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Of study.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 285 –299

When the mind is disengaged from the dominion of the passions, it enables man to indulge in an exquisite enjoyment, I mean that of study, the exercise of thought, of that inscrutable and inexplicable faculty, the examination of which would suffice for the whole of its own occupation, if instead...
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Of beneficence.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 301 –313

Philosophy requires a certain energy of character: study requires something systematic in the mind; but woe to those who are unable to avail themselves of the last consolation, or rather of the sublime enjoyment which is still in the power of every man, whatever may be his cast of character, or...
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Conclusion.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: 315 –344

In this conclusion, the author recapitulate what she has already advanced about (1) impassioned affections; (2) their influence on happiness for both individuals and nations, and (3) the enjoyments that arise from study and philosophy. The extols the strength and self-control needed to rescue the...
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Sketch of the life of Madame de Stael.

Stael de Holstein, Madame

Pages: vii –xx

This chapter outlines the life of Madame de Stael. The only daughter of parents whose wealth was immense, whose literary qualifications were so eminent, it is natural to suppose that the education of Madame de Stael would be superintended in such a manner as to combine the highest accomplishments...

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