The question of the origin of passions makes it possible to pose in a particularly relevant way the issue of human limits in Cartesian anthropology. On the one hand, in fact, a text like the "Traité de l'Homme" endeavors to enlighten reason only from the point of view of the body. On the other hand, the treaty "Passions de l’âme" claims to study this subject in its specificity. This paper provides a preliminary interpretation of this issue.
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