This volume draws together important selections from the rich history oftheories and debates about emotion. Utilizing sources from a variety of subjectareas including philosophy, psychology, and biology, the editors provide anilluminating look at the "affective" side of psychology and philosophy from theperspective of the world's great thinkers. Part One features classic readingsfrom Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, and Hume. Part Two, entitled "The Meetingof Philosophy and Psychology," samples the theories of thinkers such as Darwin,James, and Freud. The third section presents some of the extensive work onemotion that has been done by European philosophers over the past century, andthe final section comprises essays from modern British and Americanphilosophers.