Summary
"Here, in a humane work of science, Damasio
draws on his innovative research and on his experience with
neurological patients to examine how feelings and the emotions that
underlie them support the human spirit's greatest creations."
"Damasio's new book focuses on what feelings are and reveals the
biology of our survival mechanisms. It rediscovers a thinker whose
work prefigures modern neuroscience, not only in his emphasis on
emotions and feelings, but also in his refusal to separate mind and
body. Together, the scientist and the philosopher help us
understand what we are made of and what we are here for. Based on
laboratory investigations but mindful of society and culture,
Looking for Spinoza offers unexpected grounds for optimism about
the human condition and is a masterwork of science and
writing."--BOOK JACKET.
