96. How To Handle Emotions: A Discussion On The Passions

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 10 p.m.

In this episode, we'll discuss the Passions, or emotions, and how to channel them properly. This comes from St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica, and I think they're pretty comprehensive.

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"Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise."
\n-Kobe Bryant
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Before we dive in, I think it's important to define a few terms.

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Appetite- any inclination or tendency to some good or suitable object or away from some bad or unsuitable object.

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Passion- Receptivity, being acted on by another; or intense movement of the sensitive appetite

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Concupiscible Passion- Sense appetite seeking pleasure, which is found in the good

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Irascible Passion- Sense desire to fight or escape danger

\nTHE CONCUPISCIBLE PASSIONS\n

1. Love

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2. Hatred and concupiscence

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3. Pleasure

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4. Sorrow

\nTHE IRASCIBLE PASSIONS\n

1. Hope and despair

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2. Fear

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3. Daring

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4. Anger

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Article on Anger from Summa 

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The Passions from the Summa

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Aquinas on the Emotions/Passions (what the Heck does Irascible and Concupiscible Mean?)

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Aquinas on the Passions, W/ Fr. Gregory Pine

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