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Full Idea
To divide the soul into reason and passion …divides us against ourselves, forcing us each to be defensively half a person, instead of a harmonious whole.
Gist of Idea
Dividing ourselves into confrontational reason and passion destroys our harmonious whole
Source
Robert C. Solomon (The Passions [1976], 2.3)
Book Ref
Solomon,Robert C.: 'The Passions (1993 ed)' [Hackett 1993], p.58
A Reaction
This is the best aspect of Solomon's book. I'm not sure, though, how this works in practice. Should I allow the winds of emotion to alter the course of my reasoning, or stunt my feelings by always insisting that reason plays a part? That's too dualist!