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Orthodox Passions — Harvard University Press. Narrating Filial Love during the High Qing. Maram Epstein. Hardcover. ISBN 9780674241176. Publication date: 12/17/2019. In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Maram Epstein identifies filial piety as the dominant expression of love in Qing dynasty texts.
Learn how passions are uncontrolled desires that subordinate our soul to our egoistic will and lead to sin. Discover how virtues are the fruits of ascetic disciplines and grace that help us overcome passions and purify our heart.
A thought is the initial moment in the emergence of a passion; it is a moment of hesitation and an essential central element of this psychological state.[1] The essence of asceticism amounts to the struggle with thoughts. The Holy Fathers, ascetics, discern as many as [six or] seven moments in the development and growth of passions. 1.
7 de feb. de 2016 · Learn how the passions are born in the human soul and how to reject them according to the teaching of the holy fathers. Find out the stages of the passions' formation, the methods of struggle, and the importance of repentance and confession.
17 de dic. de 2019 · by Maram Epstein (Author) 5.0 1 rating. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Maram Epstein identifies filial piety as the dominant expression of love in Qing dynasty texts.
14 de jun. de 2021 · A pioneering study of filial piety (xiao 孝) in the lens of emotional history, Orthodox Passions challenges the current scholarship on the history of emotions in late imperial China by proposing a d...
By decentering romantic feeling as the dominant expression of love during the High Qing, Orthodox Passions calls for a new understanding of the affective landscape of late imperial China.
