Phaedra - Ethics of Emotions in the Tragedies of Euripides, Seneca and Racine : Translated by Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska

Emotions as 'the early form of knowledge about the surrounding world' constitute a necessary component of the human psyche. Nevertheless, through the ages of the development of mankind, the emotional aspect was often regarded as a dispensable part of human nature, which should be fully ruled by reason. Despite the general opinion about the necessary control of reason over emotions, the possible pa...