Written at the beginning of the 20th century in a clear and lively style, here is a charming, instructive, and unforgettable little treatise on the immortal theme of human passions.
The psychological analysis is impeccably subtle, the examples are rich and colorful, and practical applications abound, enlightening and thought-provoking.
Given the primary role played by passions in moral life, one can only recommend this wonderful reading to everyone, especially to educators who will benefit greatly from it!
"Everyone knows and repeats that passions are, in themselves, neither morally good nor morally bad; that they can harm our moral life either by defect or by excess. You give meaning to these commonplace formulas, life to these arid statements.
Your clear style; a happy choice of examples drawn from literature, from the lives of saints; abundant, "lived" applications dictated by your long experience in the ministry of souls, make reading your book engaging, instructive, useful to all, but more particularly, it seems, to those whose mission is to educate young people."
(Letter to the author from Cardinal Désiré Mercier
Archbishop of Mechelen
President of the Institute of Philosophy in Louvain)
159 pages
11 x 18 cm
