Admiration
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Admiration is a social emotion felt by observing people of competence, talent, virtuous actions, or skill exceeding standards. Admiration facilitates social learning in groups. Admiration motivates se
Admiration by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1897
Emotion
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Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiological and neuropsychological changes, variously associated with subjective experiences such as thoughts, feelings, behavioral respons
Admiration
…from active mental evaluations of social and real world knowledge. Sara Algoe and Jonathan Haidt include admiration in the category of other-praising emotions, alongside awe, elevation, and gratitude. They propose that admiration is the emotion we feel towards non-moral excellence (i.e., witnessing an act of…
Sixteen faces expressing the human passions – colored engraving by J. Pass, 1821, after Charles Le Brun