La pasión agotada

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«Comparing reason and passion is a generalised attitude. The former is considered conscious, reflective, pondered, calculating and prudent; the latter, unconscious, immediate, capricious and blind. […] Passion is the main driving force behind human action, and implacably calls for satisfaction behind everything, while reason is the moderating, controlling power that human beings can exercise on themselves. Social life is based on a precarious balance and mutual concessions. 

This opinion no longer offers a convincing explanation of the daily contemporary experience. And this is the case, not just because a more realistic vision is necessary today, a vision that includes the positive, constructive factor of passion, as well as the adverse effects rooted in overrating reason in the western tradition.»

Authors: Harvie Ferguson

Related to Barcelona Debate 2005 - Passions