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A Human History of Emotion, Richard Firth-Godbehere
Richard Firth-Godbehere

A Human History of Emotion

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A sweeping exploration of the ways in which emotions shaped the course of human history, and how our experience and understanding of emotions have evolved along with us. We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. But many of the most important moments in our history had little to do with cold, hard facts and a lot to do with feelings. Events ranging from the origins of philosophy to the birth of the world's major religions, the fall of Rome, the Scientific Revolution, and some of the bloodiest wars that humanity has ever experienced can't be properly understood without understanding emotions. In A Human History of Emotion, Richard Firth-Godbehere takes readers on a fascinating and wide ranging tour of the central and often under-appreciated role emotions have played in human societies around the world and throughout history — from Ancient Greece to Gambia, Japan, the Ottoman Empire, the United…
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  • b2601497554has quoted23 days ago
    The idea that God is love comes straight from Augustine. Augustine is also the source of the idea that Jesus’s crucifixion was not a blood sacrifice, as the early Christians believed, but an act of pure grace and love—an act of forgiveness by God, who understands how difficult it is to control the will and who came to earth to demonstrate how powerful the will can be, even in the most extreme circumstances.
  • b2601497554has quoted23 days ago
    Still, for all that complexity, Augustine’s love was simpler than Plato’s ladder.
  • b2601497554has quoted23 days ago
    To Augustine, when you love your neighbor, you’re loving the sacrifice Jesus made for you.

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