Action, emotion and will

The author examines the emotions and philosophy of human action. The book takes an historical look at the emotions in the work of earlier philosophers, and discusses some of the experimental work of the 20th century.
Contents: The passions of the soul; the experimental examination of the emotions; feelings; motives; desire; pleasure; actions and relations; states, performances, activities; objects; judging and willing; sketch of a theory of volition.