With only a few exceptions, these corresponding definitions occur in Part III.
There is only one emotion which does not really have any corresponding definition elsewhere: Misericordia the additional wording found in the explanation to the definition of Commiseratio is in fact contributing to inconsistency. In three more cases (Commiseratio, Consternatio, and Poenitentia), there are two different definitions given in the text. In three cases (Acquiescentia in se ipso, Ambitio and Humanitas seu Modestia), there are three separate and different definitions or specifications. The number of (different) definitions present for each emotion As can be seen from Table 1, most of the 48 emotions for which a precise definition is given in the Affectuum Definitiones at the end of Part III have a single corresponding definition in the text of the Ethica proper. The various definitions of the individual emotions 1.1. Finally, section 4 shows the overview table. A third section exhibits the relationships existing between the various emotions. My first attempts to create a taxonomy of emotions are documented in section 2. The results are to be found in section 1 below. avoiding reference to anything outside it. The initial assignment I gave myself, therefore, was to make the overall list as consistent and complete as possible, while basing myself exclusively on Spinoza s text, i. Even though some of them are explicitly identified by Spinoza as being of a different category: ad corpus tantum refertur, passio non est, affectus non est etc., there is an interest to have all of these terms collected and presented systematically, after analysis and resolution of the possible inconsistencies. In addition, one can find other terms, denoting concepts similar or related to the listed emotions that, for one reason or another, are not comprised in the summary list, or only mentioned in explanations. Indeed, the Ethica contains at least two definitions of each of those emotions: one (or more!) in the text proper (usually in a Scholium of Part III), and one in the summary list just mentioned. My point of departure was the list of 48 definitions annexed to Part III of the Ethica (known as Affectuum Definitiones), which the author qualifies as an orderly repetition of the ones given elsewhere in Part III, together with some observations (see at the end of P. Inspired by the work of Terry Neff, I conceived this index as a table, in which the relative positions of the names of the emotions reflect as much as possible their conceptual relationships. Meijer correspondence: or faxĢ Introduction The idea for this essay arose from the work I did on the Glossarium to Spinoza s works *, in which I thought it useful, if only for my own better understanding, to give a systematical index to the emotions (as following Elwes we will call the affectus for want of a better term) and related terms as defined in the Ethica. Definitions of related notions 23 copyright 2002 Rudolf W. Comparative table of definitions of the emotions 16 Table 2. The relationships between emotions Instances of actio having their counterpart in a passio Correspondences among instances of each of the primitive emotions Corresponding emotions with internal and external causes Opposite emotions Contrary emotions Overview table of emotions 13 Tables of definitions 16 Table 1. Towards a taxonomy of emotions Spinoza s own statements of intention, and use of terms Basic notions Other categorisations A first attempt at taxonomy 8 3. The various definitions of the individual emotions The number of (different) definitions present for each emotion Completeness of the set of definitions The naming of the emotions Consistency between the definitions given 4 2.
Meijer Table of contents Introduction 2 1. 1 Spinoza s Ethica A systematical presentation of the emotions (affectus) by Rudolf W.