[lit-ideas] Re: Tune in and turn off
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:02:04 +0100 (BST)
>> I think it can be argued that there are three basic *negative* emotions,
> to
> > whit - anger, sadness, anxiety >
>I would also distinguish between emotions and
> feelings.
I'm not sure I get this distinction. Or that it much matters to the thesis
that there are only three basic negative emotions/feelings/psychological
states.
>Anxiety isn't really an emotion. It's the vague turbulence, for
> lack of a better word, for what goes on when an emotion is submerged. Get
> to the anger, hatred, grief or fear and the anxiety will go away. Sadness
> is a more nuanced emotion, it's also important.
Can't it be argued that fear is just a form of anxiety, and equally that
depression or "grief" are just forms of sadness?
Your comment also has a flavour of Freud's 'hydraulic' theory of the mind,
which I understand does not stand up.
Donal
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