
Sean Kelly on Homer and Philosophy
Philosophy Bites
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How to Deal With Contagious Emotion in the Context of a Newenburg Rally
The Nürburg rally is a canonical example of contagious emotion, he says. We need to distinguish between cases in which it's appropriate to allow yourself to be drawn into a situation like that and the cases in which we should not do so. "We will lose important possibilities for cultural progress if we don't allow ourselves this possibility of responding enthusiastically"
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