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| 5963 | Some say emotion is a sort of reason, and others say virtue concerns emotion |
| Full Idea: Some philosophers make the emotions varieties of reason, on the ground that all desire and grief and anger are judgments, while others declare that the virtues have to do with emotions, as when fear is the province of courage. | |||
| From: Plutarch (68: Generation of the soul in 'Timaeus' [c.85], 1025d) | |||
| A reaction: The second idea comes from Aristotle, but the second is interesting, and corresponds to the views coming from modern neuroscience, where even the most basic thought seems to involve emotion. What could be the motivation for 'pure' reason? |