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Rationality is the logical and empirical pursuit of a value system. The values are the axioms. "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and
by nwah1 9y ago
Rationality is the logical and empirical pursuit of a value system. The values are the axioms.
"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them" - David Hume
- humanrebar 9y agoGood reason spans generations, cultures, and languages. Passions don't age or translate nearly as well. Hume's formulation treats reason as a phenomenon existing entirely inside of a mind and subject to individual passions.