Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any… — David Hume
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.
A Treatise of Human Nature · 1739
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Hume, David. "A Treatise of Human Nature." The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume, edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2007, bk. 2, pt. 3, sect. 3.
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Hume, David, [published anonymously]. A Treatise of Human Nature. London: John Noon, 1739, bk. 2, pt. 3, sect. 3.
