Many philosophers have a similar definition as the one written in this paper. So why do people still use the word passion in the wrong context? Plato in 429 BC and Spinoza in 1632 wrote, “Passion is experiencing a kind of suffering, as if a slave to their passion, because it comes to control them (Vallerand, 2012). Passion is where the person shows their true capacity, Frijda et al said in 1991, “People will spend large amounts of time and effort in order to reach their passionate goals” (Vallerand, 2012). Passion is the one thing that keeps this person going or loving a
Many philosophers have a similar definition as the one written in this paper. So why do people still use the word passion in the wrong context? Plato in 429 BC and Spinoza in 1632 wrote, “Passion is experiencing a kind of suffering, as if a slave to their passion, because it comes to control them (Vallerand, 2012). Passion is where the person shows their true capacity, Frijda et al said in 1991, “People will spend large amounts of time and effort in order to reach their passionate goals” (Vallerand, 2012). Passion is the one thing that keeps this person going or loving a