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DESCARTES, Ren (1596-1650). Les Passions de l'ame. Amsterdam: Louis Elzevier, 1649.
8o (160 x 101 mm). Printer's woodcut device on title-page. (A few minor stains, otherwise fine). Contemporary vellum (slightly soiled, spine label chipped). Provenance: P. Warwick (early signature on title-page), possibly Sir Philip Warwick, the younger (d. 1683), ambassador and envoy to Sweden in 1680; Earl of Hopetoun (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. With publication of Les passions de l'me in 1649, Descartes set out to provide a comprehensive account of the various ways in which the mind and body interact. The first part gives a general account of the mind and body relationship and discusses the general nature of passions; the second part consists of a classification of the passions; and the third part is an account of particular passions. "Descartes believed the soul to be a definite entity, giving rise to thoughts, feelings, and acts of volition. He was one of the first to regard the brain as an organ integrating the functions of mind and body" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 4965; Guibert, p. 150; Tchemerzine II, p. 792; Norman 625.
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FIRST EDITION. With publication of Les passions de l'me in 1649, Descartes set out to provide a comprehensive account of the various ways in which the mind and body interact. The first part gives a general account of the mind and body relationship and discusses the general nature of passions; the second part consists of a classification of the passions; and the third part is an account of particular passions. "Descartes believed the soul to be a definite entity, giving rise to thoughts, feelings, and acts of volition. He was one of the first to regard the brain as an organ integrating the functions of mind and body" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 4965; Guibert, p. 150; Tchemerzine II, p. 792; Norman 625.