This 24-lecture course attempts to understand our emotions—how they provide insight and meaning—and the extent to which we are not passive but active regarding them. Our emotions, according to a recent theory, are imbued with intelligence, and a person's emotional repertoire is not a mattter of fate but a matter of emotional integrity. Parts 1 and 2 in separate containers. 12 audiocassettes (720 min.) : analog, stereo, Dolby-processed + 2 course guidebooks. Contents: Lecture 1. Emotions as engagements with the world. lecture 2. The wrath of Achilles. lecture 3. It's good to be afraid. lecture 4. Lessons of love: Plato's Symposium. lecture 5. We are not alone: compassion and empathy. lecture 6. Noble? Or deadly sin: pride and shame—lecture 7. Nasty: Iago's envy, Othello's jealousy—lecture 8. Nastier: resentment and vengeance—lecture 9. A death in the family: the logic of grief—lecture 10: James and the bear: emotions and feelings—lecture 11. Freud's catharsis: the hydraulic model—lecture 12. Are emotions "in" the mind? — lecture 13. How emotions are intelligent—lecture 14. Emotions as judgments—lecture 15. Beyond boohoo and hooray—lecture 16. Emotions are rational—lecture 17. Emotions and responsibility—lecture 18. Emotions in ethics—lecture 19. Emotions and the self—lecture 20. What is emotional experience? — lecture 21. Emotions across cultures: universals—lecture 22. Emotions across cultures: differences—lecture 23. Laughter and music—lecture 24. Happiness and spirituality.