The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER XXV.

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THE EMOTIONS

Instinctive reaction and emotional expression shade imperceptibly into each other. The expression of grief; of fear; of hatred. Emotion is a consequence, not the cause, of the bodily expression. Difficulty of testing this view. Objections to it discussed. The subtler emotions, 468. No special brain-centres for emotion. Emotional differences between individuals. The genesis of the various emotions.