By: babayada

babayada — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:13:59 +0000

Err… has written a book like this. *blush*

By: babayada

babayada — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:11:29 +0000

There is a certain kind of logic to emotions. While some of this logic is particular to the individual, much of it is, I think, universal. While an elucidation of this logic, its sequences and why and wherefores, would serve us, I have yet to find a book that does it.
There are pieces here and there about it, usually regarding pathology. They discuss, for instance, how we tend to feel guilty about this or that when tragedy befalls us even though we have nothing to do with it… but I have never seen a collection of chains of emotional reasoning in the form of syllogisms or the like.
I think having many of these “emotional syllogisms” down on paper with analysis would be helpful. They could, perhaps, help us form a sort of model of emotional math. That is, they would present a system of rules and perhaps some of what is opaque about our natures may become transparent as a result.
A work like that could help us navigate the labyrinth of emotions and even provide us with fundamental patterns, so that we could not only navigate but have more agency. That is, we could transform the pathways of the living labyrinth to lead us to where we want to go. We could also gain more wisdom in know when, perhaps, it is best to take a more passive role and simply walk through the paths as presented to us.
Do you know of anyone who has wrote a book like this?

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