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.

David Hume

A Treatise of Human Nature

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Reason and emotion Reason Emotion

Author

David Hume

Source

A Treatise of Human Nature

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1739 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Original Citation

Hume, David, [published anonymously]. A Treatise of Human Nature. London: John Noon, 1739, bk. 2, pt. 3, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Hume, David. "A Treatise of Human Nature." The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume, edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2007, bk. 2, pt. 3, sect. 3.

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