The power of passions according to Georges Didi-Huberman

Joy, anger, sadness rise in us like waves… Passions have often been considered as weaknesses. We had to seek to control, to channel these dangerous outpourings which blurred our discernment… Being moved was not serious, it was a “women’s affair”, the opposite of action. “To be subject to emotions and passions is always a disease of the soul,” writes Kant.