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<p>A survey of astonishing breadth and penetration. No cognitive neuroscientist should ever conduct an experiment in the domain of the emotions without reading this book, twice.</p> <p>Parashkev Nachev, Institute of Neurology, UCL</p> <p>There is not a slack moment in the whole of this impressive work. With his remarkable facility for making fine distinctions, and his commitment to lucidity, Peter Hacker has subtly characterized those emotions such as pride, shame, envy, jealousy, love or sympathy which make up our all too human nature. This is an important book for philosophers but since most of its illustrative material comes from an astonishing range of British and European literature, it is required reading also for literary scholars, or indeed for anyone with an interest in understanding who and what we are.</p> <p>David Ellis, University of Kent</p> <p> </p> <p>Human beings are all subject to boundless flights of joy and delight, to flashes of anger and fear, to pangs of sadness and grief. We express our emotions in what we do, how we act, and what we say, and we can share our emotions with others and respond sympathetically to their feelings. Emotions are an intrinsic p

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Author

Peter Michael Stephan Hacker

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781118952436

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Philosophy

Updated

2026-03-24