Preface and acknowledgments -- Ancestral passions -- : the evolution of affective consciousness : studying emotional feelings in other animals -- The seeking system : brain sources of eager anticipation, desire, euphoria, and the quest for everything -- The ancestral sources of rage -- The ancestral roots of fear -- Beyond instincts : learning and the affective foundations of memory -- Lustful passions of the mind : from reproductive urges to romantic love -- Nurturing love : the care system -- Born to cry : the panic/grief system and the genesis of life-sustaining social bonds -- Playful dreamlike circuits of the brain : the ancestral sources of social joy and laughter -- Toward a neurobiology of the soul : the core-self and the genesis of primary-process feelings -- Brain emotional systems and affective qualities of mental life : from animal affects to human psychotherapeutics -- Philosophical reflections and complaints : can we go from mice to men and back again? -- References -- Index.