DEFINITIONS OF THE AFFECTS I. Desire

II. Joy

III. Sadness

IV. Wonder

V. Disdain

VI. Love

VII. Hate

VIII. Inclination

IX. Aversion

X. Devotion

XI. Mockery

XII. Hope

XIII. Fear

XIV. Confidence

XV. Despair

XVI. Gladness

XVII. Remorse

XVIII. Pity

XIX. Favor

XX. Indignation

XXI. Overestimation

XXII. Scorn

XXIII. Envy

XXIV. Compassion

XXV. Self-esteem

XXVI. Humility

XXVII. Repentance

XXVIII. Pride

XXIX. Despondency

XXX. Love of esteem

XXXI. Shame

XXXII. Longing

XXXIII. Emulation

XXXIV. Thankfulness, or Gratitude

XXXV. Benevolence

XXXVI. Anger

XXXVII. Vengeance

XXXVIII. Cruelty

XXXIX. Timidity

XL. Daring

XLI. Cowardice

XLII. Consternation

XLIII. Human kindness

XLIV. Ambition

XLV. Gluttony

XLVI. Drunkenness

XLVII. Greed

XLVIII. Lust

Absolutely, these affects do not so much concern the acts of eating, drinking, etc., as the Appetite itself and the Love. Therefore, nothing can be opposed to these affects except Nobility and Tenacity, which will be discussed later on.

I pass over in silence the definitions of Jealousy and the other vacillations of mind, both because they arise from the composition of affects we have already defined, and because most of them do not have names. This shows that it is sufficient for practical purposes to know them only in general. Furthermore, from the definitions of the affects which we have explained it is clear that they all arise from Desire, Joy, or Sadness—or rather, that they are nothing but these three, each one generally being called by a different name on account of its varying relations and extrinsic denominations. If we wish now to attend to these primitive affects, and to what was said above about the nature of the Mind, we shall be able to define the affects, insofar as they are related only to the Mind, as follows.

General Definition Of The Affects