%0 Journal Article
%T THEORIES OF EMOTION IN ETIENNE CHAUVIN¡¯S LEXICON PHILOSOPHICUM
%A Giuliano GASPARRI
%J Societate £¿i Politic£¿
%D 2012
%I Universitatea de Vest Vasile Goldis din Arad
%X This paper touches on various philosophical theories of emotionthrough the analysis of a few entries in the Lexicon philosophicum (1692, 17132) by EtienneChauvin: the articles ¡°Affectus¡± and ¡°Passio¡± (¡®emotion¡¯) and ¡°Admiratio¡± (¡®wonder¡¯).Chauvin¡¯s Lexicon is usually considered to be the first ¡®modern¡¯ philosophical dictionary.By investigating its definitions and sources ¨C the scholastic sources, such as thecommentaries on Aristotle, as well as the modern ones, such as Bacon, Descartes and theCartesian Pierre Cally ¨C I will provide some instances of the complexity of this work.In many entries of the Lexicon, he lists different opinions on the same subjectwithout taking up a position of his own. Here and there, however, he distances himselfnot only from the scholastic tradition, but also from Descartes¡¯ natural philosophy andmetaphysics. On the whole, Chauvin seems to be distrustful of the pretense ofconstructing all-embracing systems of philosophy, and he is more interested inunderlining the continuity between modern, scholastic and ancient philosophy, ratherthan emphasizing the novelty of Descartes¡¯ thought.
%K Emotions
%K wonder
%K philosophical dictionaries
%K 17th century
%K Cartesianism
%K Etienne Chauvin
%U http://www.uvvg.ro/socpol/docs/2012-1/4.%20guliano%20gasparri.pdf