Pathos: Aristotle on emotions

• Grant number: 17/50285-2
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: February 01, 2018 - January 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Cooperation agreement: CNRS
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal researcher: Marco Antônio de Ávila Zingano
• Grantee: Marco Antônio de Ávila Zingano
• Principal researcher abroad: Cristina Viano
• Institution abroad: Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4), France
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project concerns the Aristotelian theory of emotions. The aim is not only to clarify Aristotle's understanding of this psychological phenomenon but also to analyze deeply the Aristotelian metaphysics of emotions and its contemporary appropriations by the so-called neoaristotelians. We will approach the Aristotelian theory of emotions from three perspectives: the hylemorphism (de anima, metaphysics), the cognitive aspect of the emotions (ethics) and the power of persuasion that makes people to accept some propositions (rhetoric). All these perspectives converge in the definition of anger. Anger has a privileged place in our project because it is a paradigmatic example of emotions in the Aristotelian psychology. (AU)