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.
“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
Before we dive in, I think it’s important to define a few terms.
Appetite- any inclination or tendency to some good or suitable object or away from some bad or unsuitable object.
Passion- Receptivity, being acted on by another; or intense movement of the sensitive appetite
Concupiscible Passion- Sense appetite seeking pleasure, which is found in the good
Irascible Passion- Sense desire to fight or escape danger
THE CONCUPISCIBLE PASSIONS
1. Love
2. Hatred and concupiscence
3. Pleasure
4. Sorrow
THE IRASCIBLE PASSIONS
1. Hope and despair
2. Fear
3. Daring
4. Anger
Resources:
Aquinas on the Emotions/Passions (what the Heck does Irascible and Concupiscible Mean?)
Aquinas on the Passions, W/ Fr. Gregory Pine
