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The British Empiricist, David Hume, wrote: "reason alone can never be a motive to any action of the will". If Hume is right, and the thing that separates us from the beasts, our ability to reason, is not enough to help us navigate the the chaotic seas of life, then to what or whom should we turn?
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David Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature
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The British Empiricist, David Hume, wrote: "reason alone can never be a motive to any action of the will". If Hume is right, and the thing that separates us from the beasts, our ability to reason, is not enough to help us navigate the the chaotic seas of life, then to what or whom should we turn?
Episode Bibliography:
David Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature