Chrysippus · Philosophy
Why Chrysippus held that emotions are not blind feelings but mistaken beliefs.
Chrysippus held that the passions (pathe) are not irrational forces invading the soul but mistaken judgements of reason - false beliefs that some external thing is good or evil, plus an excessive impulse. Because the soul is unitary and rational, the cure for emotion is the correction of belief. This cognitive theory…
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