Full Idea
Aristotle gives a superior account of human rationality, because he allows emotions to participate in reason, rather than being mere animal, non-rational impulses.
Gist of Idea
Aristotle gives a superior account of rationality, because he allows emotions to participate
Source
comment on Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE]) by Rosalind Hursthouse - On Virtue Ethics Intro
Book Reference
Hursthouse,Rosalind: 'On Virtue Ethics' [OUP 2001], p.19
A Reaction
This is obviously helpful in virtue ethics, but it is a bit questionable, if the core of rationality is 'giving reasons'. A feeling might be a reason, but only once it has been conceptualised. "For RLS, his feelings were his reasons", said Henry James.