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Passion (Greek πάσχω "to suffer, to be acted on" and Late Latin (chiefly Christian) passio "passion; suffering" (from Latin pati "to suffer"; participle: passus)) is a term used to denote strong and intractable or barely controllable emotion or inclination with respect to a particular person or thing. Passion can range from eager interest in, or admiration for, an idea, proposal, or cause; to enthusiastic enjoyment of an interest or activity; to strong attraction, excitement, or emotion towards a person. It is particularly used in the context of romance or sexual desire, though it generally implies a deeper or more encompassing emotion than that implied by the term lust, often incorporating ideas of ecstasy and/or suffering. Denis Diderot (1713-1784) describes passions as "penchants, inclinations, desires and aversions carried to a certain degree of intensity, combined with an indistinct sensation of pleasure or pain, occasioned or accompanied by some irregular movement of the blood and animal spirits, are what we call passions. They can be so strong as to inhibit all practice of personal freedom, a state in which the soul is in some sense rendered passive; whence the name passions. This inclination or so-called disposition of the soul, is born of the opinion we hold that a great good or a great evil is contained in an object which in and of itself arouses passion". Diderot further breaks down pleasure and pain, which he sees as the guiding principles of passion, into four major categories: Pleasures and pains of the senses Pleasures of the mind or of the imagination Our perfection or our imperfection of virtues or vices Pleasures and pains in the happiness or misfortunes of others

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Notable quotes

“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Journal Intime, entry for December 17, 1856 (1882).
“It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.”
— T. S. Eliot, Doctoral dissertation in philosophy; submitted to Harvard in 1916. Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley, ch. 1, Columbia University Press (1964).
“We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.”
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832).
“Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.”
— Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7. 19-21.
“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”
— Bertrand Russell, Introduction to the 1961 edition of Sceptical Essays (1961).
“Where passion leads or prudence points the way.”
— Robert Lowth, Choice of Hercules.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named passion: 1940 German film by Walter Janssen · album by Lee Jung-hyun · 1999 film directed by Peter Duncan · 1991 studio album by Steve Laury

Overview

Passion (Greek πάσχω "to suffer, to be acted on" and Late Latin (chiefly Christian) passio "passion; suffering" (from Latin pati "to suffer"; participle: passus)) is a term used to denote strong and intractable or barely controllable emotion or inclination with respect to a particular person or thing. Passion can range from eager interest in, or admiration for, an idea, proposal, or cause; to enthusiastic enjoyment of an interest or activity; to strong attraction, excitement, or emotion towards a person. It is particularly used in the context of romance or sexual desire, though it generally implies a deeper or more encompassing emotion than that implied by the term lust, often incorporating ideas of ecstasy and/or suffering. Denis Diderot (1713-1784) describes passions as "penchants, inclinations, desires and aversions carried to a certain degree of intensity, combined with an indistinct sensation of pleasure or pain, occasioned or accompanied by some irregular movement of the blood and animal spirits, are what we call passions. They can be so strong as to inhibit all practice of personal freedom, a state in which the soul is in some sense rendered passive; whence the name passions. This inclination or so-called disposition of the soul, is born of the opinion we hold that a great good or a great evil is contained in an object which in and of itself arouses passion". Diderot further breaks down pleasure and pain, which he sees as the guiding principles of passion, into four major categories: Pleasures and pains of the senses Pleasures of the mind or of the imagination Our perfection or our imperfection of virtues or vices Pleasures and pains in the happiness or misfortunes of others

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Passion (Greek πάσχω "to suffer, to be acted on" and Late Latin (chiefly Christian) passio "passion; suffering" (from Latin pati "to suffer"; participle: passus)) is a term used to denote strong and intractable or barely controllable emotion or inclination with respect to a particular person or thing. Passion can range from eager interest in, or admiration for, an idea, proposal, or cause; to enthusiastic enjoyment of an interest or activity; to strong attraction, excitement, or emotion towards a person. It is particularly used in the context of romance or sexual desire, though it generally implies a deeper or more encompassing emotion than that implied by the term lust, often incorporating ideas of ecstasy and/or suffering.

Notable quotes

“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Journal Intime, entry for December 17, 1856 (1882).
“It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.”
— T. S. Eliot, Doctoral dissertation in philosophy; submitted to Harvard in 1916. Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley, ch. 1, Columbia University Press (1964).
“We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.”
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832).
“Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.”
— Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7. 19-21.
“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”
— Bertrand Russell, Introduction to the 1961 edition of Sceptical Essays (1961).
“Where passion leads or prudence points the way.”
— Robert Lowth, Choice of Hercules.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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