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" 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. "
History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century - Page 88
by Leslie Stephen - 1876
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The Works of Thomas Reid ...: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 4

Thomas Reid - Philosophy - 1815 - 474 pages
...total ruin to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian, or of a person wholly unknown to me." That " reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and ean never pretend to any other offiee, than to serve and obey them." If we take the word reason to...
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A treatise of human nature [by D. Hume].

David Hume - 1817 - 380 pages
...sense. We speak not strictly and philosophically when we talk of the combat of passion and of reason. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions,...pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. As this opinion may appear somewhat extraordinary, it may not be improper to confirm it by some other...
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The Works of Thomas Reid; with an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 3

Thomas Reid - Philosophy - 1822 - 322 pages
...total ruin to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian, or of a person wholly unknown to me." That " reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the...to any other office, than to serve and obey them." If we take the word reason to mean what common use, both of philosophers, and of the vulgar, has made...
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The Philosophical Works of David Hume ...

David Hume - Philosophy - 1826 - 592 pages
...sense. We speak not strictly and philosophically, when we talk of the combat of passion and of reason. Reason is, ^and ought only to be, the slave of the...pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. As this opinion may appear somewhat extraordinary, it may not be improper to confirm it by some other...
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Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind: To which are Added, An Essay on ...

Thomas Reid - Act (Philosophy). - 1827 - 706 pages
...total ruin to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian, or of a person wholly unknown to me :" That " reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the...to any other office, than to serve and obey them." If we take the word rcasun to mean what common use, both of philosophers, and of the vulgar, hath made...
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Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind: An ..., Volume 1; Volume 1843

Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart - Free will and determinism - 1843 - 632 pages
...total ruin to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian, or of a person wholly unknown to me." That " reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the...to any other office, than to serve and obey them." If we take the word reason to mean what common use, both of philosophers and of the vulgar, hath made...
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Geschichte der Philosophie, Volume 12

Ritter - Philosophy - 1853 - 680 pages
...somme passion or affection. Hum. nat. II p. 245 sqq. 2) Ess. II p. 215. 3) Hum. nat. II p. 247 sq, Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions. 4) Ib. II p. 248 sqq. 5) Ib. II p. 308 sqq.; ess. H p. 120 sqq. S. 6. îtyilof. xii. -22 bofj bíe...
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Philosophical Works of David Hume, Volume 2

David Hume - Philosophy - 1854 - 572 pages
...sense. We speak not strictly and philosophically, when we talk of the combat of passion and of reason. Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the...pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. As this opinion may appear somewhat extraordinary, it may not be improper to confirm it by some other...
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Philosophical Works of David Hume, Volume 2

David Hume - Philosophy, English - 1854 - 568 pages
...speak not strictly and philosophically, when we talk of the combat of passion and of reason. Keason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions,...pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. As this opinion may appear somewhat extraordinary, it may not be improper to confirm it by some other...
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The Philosophical Works of David Hume: Including All the Essays ..., Volume 2

David Hume - Philosophy - 1854 - 564 pages
...speak not strictly and philosophically, iffhan^wa ~ialk of _the combat of passio|]t.and af reason. Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any ot^rjOj^^j^aJL»AQL §§IX£^^^T^eX them, As this opinion may appear somewhat extraordinary, it may...
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