1. How does Descartes' definition of passion reflect his conviction that human beings are mind-body unities?
2. What are the similarities between Emerson and Thoreau?
3. What role does Descartes' theory of passions play in his moral philosophy (i.e. in his reflections on living well)?
4. What, according to Bergson, is the difference between quantitative and qualitative multiplicities?
5. How does the distinction between quantitative and qualitative multiplicities operate in the different chapters of the book?