Chapter 1
Introduction
The Origin of Emotions identifies the purpose, trigger and effect of each emotion.
This is a sample of the assertions made in this book:
This is a sample of the assertions made in this book:
- mothers only love their children for 33 months
- men only love a woman for 42 months
- only women feel infatuation and heartbreak
- only men feel jealousy
- you feel revenge when a rule breaker harms you
- you stop feeling revenge when you retaliate
- you feel pride when your rank rises
- you feel humiliation when your rank falls
- you feel humor when another person’s rank falls
- you feel envy when a peer’s rank rises above yours
- you are always doing what is best for the species
Happiness Dissected is a more practical version of The Origin of Emotions.