...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, and can never 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...

...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 can never pretend...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...

...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, and can never 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...

...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 can never pretend...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...

...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 can never pretend...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...

...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, and can never 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...

...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...

...for the sake of showing ingenuity in defending them ; for instance, that " 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." In the Essays he forbore their repetition. In the Treatise he is a sort of hard, uncompromising necessarian,...

...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 can never pretend...to any other office than to serve and obey them." [479] If we take the word reason to mean what common use, both of philosophers and of the vulgar, hath...

...tendency to bring things to a distinct issue which is his best characteristic, declares boldly that "reason is, and ought to be, the slave of the passions,...to any other office than to serve and obey them." The passions or desires are tendencies of a definite character which exist in man from the first ;...