PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mesopotamia, Tai Chi, Stoicism
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Course overview & history of emotion: course overview: First physiological account of emotions: emphasis on the brain, not the heart. "men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. It is not until these emotions manifest themselves into action that they became morally relevant: our state (disposition, reasoning) is important in shaping the pathos, context is important, two types of virtue: Intellectual virtue: taught and rule-based, etiquette, no emotion. Stoicism: emerged ~300 bce, free will idealism. Ideas of self-control versus emotion reappear: emotional regulation necessary for a "good life. , epicureanism: "do not desire more than what is needed. : pursuit of simple pleasures, we ought to prevent ourselves from desiring in excess. "ataraxia" - freedom from fear and pain (the goal). "do not desire. : ultimate virtue = self-control, we ought to suppress our emotions completely. "apatheia" - stoic or emotionless state of mind (the goal).
