We live our lives through our emotions, writes Robert Solomon, and it isour emotions that give our lives meaning. What interests or fascinates us, whowe love, what angers us, what moves us, what bores us--all of this defines us,gives us character, constitutes who we are.In True to Our Feelings, Solomon illuminates the rich life of theemotions--why we don't really understand them, what they really are, and howthey make us human and give meaning to life. Emotions have recently become ahighly fashionable area of research in the sciences, with brain imaginguncovering valuable clues as to how we experience our feelings. But whileSolomon provides a guide to this cutting-edge research, as well as to whatothers--philosophers and psychologists--have said on the subject, he alsoemphasizes the personal and ethical character of our emotions. He shows thatemotions are not something that happen to us, nor are they irrational in theliteral sense--rather, they are judgements we make about the world, and they arestrategies for living in it. Fear, anger, love, guilt, jealousy,compassion--they are all essential to our values, to living happily, healthily,and well. Solomon highlights some of the dramatic ways that emotions fit intoour ethics and our sense of the good life, how we can make our emotional livesmore coherent with our values and be more "true to our feelings" and cultivateemotional integrity.The story of our lives is the story of our passions. We fall in love, weare gripped by scientific curiosity and religious fervor, we fear death andgrieve for others, we humble ourselves in envy, jealousy, and resentment. Inthis remarkable book, Robert Solomon shares his fascination with the emotionsand illuminates our passions in an exciting new way.