...others, even moral decisions fell more and more into the province of feelings. As David Hume had it: "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions." Reason should mainly calculate the means in order to perform actions; the impulse for the right decision...

...lead astray" (Plato) or "protract the torment of man" (Nietzsche). But reason, too, can lead astray. "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions" (Hume, 1739/1978, p. 415). Taken out of context, this famous observation by Hume is little more than...

...de fines ocurre necesariamente fuera de la racionalidad. Esta última era la opinión de David Hume: Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions ("la razón es, y solo debería ser, la esclava de la pasión"). Yo no sabría decir cómo puede producirse...

...49. Lipps was a follower of Hume; he in fact translated a great deal of Hume into German. Hume argued that "Reason is and ought only to be the slave of...to any other office than to serve and obey them." Hume, Treatise of Human Nature, II. hi, 3, 462. 50. See Lauren Wispe, "History of the Concept of Empathy,"...

...49. Lipps was a follower of Hume; he in fact translated a great deal of Hume into German. Hume argued that "Reason is and ought only to be the slave of...to any other office than to serve and obey them." Hume, Treatise of Human Nature, Il.iii, 3, 462. 50. See Lauren Wispe, "History of the Concept of Empathy,"...

...range abroad, and find the way to the things Desired."19 In the eighteenth, we find Hume insisting that "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of...to any other office than to serve and obey them." He conceded that "this opinion may appear somewhat extraordinary,"20 but today it counts in many circles...

...these decisions. The supposed conflict between passion and reason is a fancy raised by philosophers. 'Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the...pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them' (2.3.3.4, SBN 415). Of course, moralists \vill oppose such a statement and say that it may be true...

.... . 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...

...is devoted to the passions, whose importance is evident in one of Hume's most widely quoted remarks: "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the...pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them" (p. 415). For a discussion of this issue, see Fogelin, Hume's Skepticism in the Treatise of Human Nature,...

...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.17 Our moral "sentiments" of approval and disapproval are, for Hume, closely connected with each...