[Mark_Schroeder]_Slaves_of_the_Passions

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1、SlavesofthePassionsThispageintentionallyleftblankSlavesofthePassionsMarkSchroeder11GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dpOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducationbypub

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7、N978–0–19–929950–810987654321PrefaceIn1739Hume’sTreatiseofHumanNatureannouncedthat‘Reasonis,andoughtonlytobetheslaveofthepassions’.Itwasaboldthesis,andonethathasorganizedmanygenerationsofphilosopherswhohavebeeninspiredbyHumeindirectorindirectways.Itwasathesisa

8、boutReason—inthesingular—therationalcapacitythatwehavetoreason—theverb.ThisbookisneitheraboutReasoninthesingular,noraboutreasoningtheactivity,exceptindirectly.Itisnoteven—disappoin