4 Miguel de Unamuno Quotes on Emotion

Miguel de Unamuno quotes on emotion

11. Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly - but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree.

13. Everything vital is, not only irrational, but anti-rational, and everything rational is anti-vital.

27. Besos que vienen riendo, luego llorando se van, y en ellos se va la vida, que nunca mas volvera.

28. Contra los valores afectivos no valen razones, porque las razones no son nada mas que razones, es decir, ni siquiera verdad.