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Gross, Daniel M., 1965-

The secret history of emotion : from Aristotle's rhetoric to modern brain science / Daniel M. Gross. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. - x, 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early modern emotion and the economy of scarcity -- Apathy in the shadow economy of emotion -- Virtues of passivity in the English civil war -- The politics of pride in David Hume and David Simple -- Thinking and feeling without a brain : William Perfect and Adam Smith's compassion.

ISBN: 0226309797 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226309798

LCCN: 2005026553

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA624788 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013408417 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emotions--Social aspects--History.
Emotions (Philosophy)--History.

LC Class. No.: BF531 / .G76 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 152.409