Looking for Spinoza
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain Antonio Damasio
Publisher: Harvest Books
ISBN: 0156028719
Edition: Paperback; 2003-12-01
Summary:
In the seventeenth century, the philosopher Spinoza examined the role
emotion played in human survival and culture. Yet hundreds of years
and many significant scientific advances later, the neurobiological
roots of joy and sorrow remain a mystery. Today, we spend countless
resources doctoring our feelings with alcohol, prescription drugs,
health clubs, therapy, vacation retreats, and other sorts of
consumption; still, the inner workings of our minds-what feelings
are, how they work, and what they mean-are largely an unexplored
frontier. With scientific expertise and literary facility,
bestselling author and world famous neuroscientist Antonio Damasio
concludes his groundbreaking trilogy in Looking for Spinoza,
exploring the cerebral processes that keep us alive and make life
worth living.
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