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Reason is the Slave to the Passions: Hume on Reason vs. Desire

David Hume
17 November 202126 March 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 4 Comments

An introduction to David Hume's theory of rationality and his famous quote that it's “not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.”

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