Philosophical Reviews: Emotions' Secret Life (Vita Segreta Delle Emozioni Di: Ilaria Gaspari)

 

'A coup Of Cough' is the first chapter of this essay, written in first person as a diary, but it's dense with philosophical thoughts.

The most interesting passage is when Michael De Montaigne  is rewriting some essays written by other illustrious people,  he found great difficulties not for lack of words, but for the influence of his ego, his translation isn't authentic. 

According to the author, if we don't know ourselves we will never be happy. 

To be happy, we must admit to be vulnerable and even repressed, we are not self-sufficient, to fill this gap we need philosophy, because we don't know enough about ourselves.

It's interesting the differences between emotions, passions, and why men never cry. (a provocation)

The life of the author in this essay is a tool to show to the reader her nostalgia, the nostalgia of her childhood that is lost.

The philosophical question is "What does it mean to live?"

In the chapter, dedicated to the 'Regret and The Remorse', two phrases are central to understanding why we're imperfect beings and also, how we should deal with it.

'Where do the atoms of that cloud hide when love evaporates?'

'Perhaps it is better to suffer than to enjoy, or maybe everything is the same. Even the snow is more beautiful than the sun, but love ... '(S. Penna)

Convincing with anxiety is extremely complicated, there is a highway to depression, a way out is to learn to live with it, not to annihilate it or win it, it is a losing battle, which can be alleviated with philosophy. 

In the chapter titled: Compassion: Or Rather feeling like humans  It's clear that the human is weak and condemned to suffer, probably the philosophy was born to give neverending answers.

The philosophical dilemmas about the 'Compassion' is to understand where the border lies, between a genuine  or  an egoistic sentiment, in some way, a classical example is when I'm happy that a person suffers more than me.

Is compassion a tool to a deep knowledge of the other, or even ourselves?

In the chapter 'Antipathy, the unspeakable emotion and the causes ' 

It's interesting to understand why we feel antipathy or aversion for a person, are we envious? jealous, how can this sentiment improve our existences? Is it too much to accept our failures? how dangerous is our ego?

The Philosophical point of the chapter 'Fatal Wrath O Wrathful Wrath' is on how to manage the wrat, and the anger.

This is a central point, the wrath can be anger, it can lead to violence or an act of nervousness.

Not manifesting can lead to repression, this is the philosophy that must serve us to better manage our impulses for a dangerous feeling.

Envy, Is there a close relationship between insecurity, low self-esteem?

According to the author, she is unable to envy the others. Clearly the envy is a vindictive emotion, for our fellow man who in our opinion is more successful, but it is no longer rational to consider himself a failed person, isn't it an excellent stimulus to improve and gain self-esteem?

In the chapter dedicated to jealousy, is interesting to understand, under the philosophical point of view, how to limit our ego, in order to defeat this destructive sentiment, admitting that we're jealous, and that we will be replaced by another person.

In the chapter 'Amazement, where the philosophy is born' it is explained how will be our life without amazement, a life that won't bring back us to our childhood, a life that's dominated  by boredom where everything is flattened standardized by technology, which no longer makes us enthusiastic about things.

In the chapter dedicated to felicity the first thought is to understand the true meaning of felicity, the first thing to do is to think on how it is made of, then we will be able to understand if we are truly happy.

The last chapter is dedicated to the 'Gratitude'

The main dilemma especially for a human being is to understand the differences between Gratitude and Debt. We often do a good deed to repay for having done something wrong to a person. Gratitude is a very rare action only for the humans.