Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction to the English Translation of Geometry of the Passions vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART 1: PASSIONS OF EXPECTATION
6. 1. The Disorder of the Passions 41
7. 2. Hope and Fear 53
8. 3. Hobbes: Politics and Fear 63
9. 4. Evil Because Unhappy 73
10. 5. Amor mortis 81
11. 6. Vanitas 95
12. 7. Fear and Rejection 103
13. 8. The Lynx and the Cuttlefish 117
14. 9. Superstition 129
15. PART 2: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WILL
16. Section 1: Consistency and Self-Control
17. 1. Itineraries, Deviations, and Crossroads 151
18. 2. Persuasion and Toughness 159
19. 3. Consistency and Constancy 167
20. 4. Fear and Delusion 183
21. 5. Constancy: Neostoicism and Justus Lipsius 199
22. 6. Rationalizing Hope 215
23. Section 2: Descartes, or the Good Use of the Passions
24. 1. Masters of Themselves 227
25. 2. Will and Joy 237
26. 3. The Key to All Virtues 251
27. 4. Medicine of the Passions 267
28. PART 3: THE GRAMMAR OF LOVE
29. 1. Transitions 277
30. 2. Loving without Being Loved 297
31. PART 4: THE GREAT HOPE
32. Section 1: Terror and Virtue
33. 1. The Form of the Future 327
34. 2. The Despotism of Liberty 335
35. 3. Between Hope and Fear 375
36. Section 2: The Invisible Sovereign
37. 1. Homo ideologicus 403
38. Section 3: Heaven on Earth
39. 1. Reason in Myth 433
40. Abbreviations 469
41. Index 481