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- Passion is the intense emotion or desire that drives individuals to pursue their goals and dreams with fervor and enthusiasm. It is the fuel that ignites creativity, determination, and perseverance. On the other hand, reason is the ability to think logically, analyze situations objectively, and make rational decisions based on facts and evidence.
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Oct 29, 2004 · Hume famously sets himself in opposition to most moral philosophers, ancient and modern, who talk of the combat of passion and reason, and who urge human beings to regulate their actions by reason and to grant it dominion over their contrary passions.
“It is only once we have a propensity or aversion towards something that we can use reason to direct our action, and this requires passions.” A common objection to this argument is often phrased like, “Experience shows me that sometimes I am moved by reason, not passion. It feels different.”
This chapter examines Hume's account of the passions and moral judgement. It attempts to place in perspective two of Hume's most celebrated themes: that reason is the slave of the passions, and that moral distinctions are not derived from reason.
It is commonly understood that "reasonable" persons think before acting, whereas "passionate" (emotional) people, act without thinking. So, "reason" is associated with logical, methodical, reasonable. "passion" is associated with emotional, illogical, unreasonable.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015. By. Nicholas L. Sturgeon. Edited by. Donald C. Ainslie and. Annemarie Butler. Chapter. Hume’s Early Biography andA Treatise of Human Nature. The Ideas of Space and Time and Spatial and Temporal Ideas inTreatise1.2.
May 1, 2015 · Thus, according to Aquinas, passions can be good or bad, depending on whether they are controlled or not by reason: “Insofar as the passions of the soul go beyond the order of reason, they incline one toward sin, but insofar as they are ordered by reason, they pertain to virtue.”
