Quote of David Hume - Reason is, and ought only to...
Biography - David Hume:
Born: 1711 - Died: 1776
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
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"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, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."
Quote source: A Treatise of Human Nature
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