Hume's own account in the Treatise allows reason to direct passions by identifying their objects and causal relations, which is a form of motivational efficacy under a different description.

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Hume(as the main philosopher discussed in this statement): David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher who argued that human knowledge comes from experience and observation rather than pure reasoning alone.
Motivational efficacy(the main point being made about how reason works): The power or ability to actually move someone to action; basically, what makes someone actually *do* something rather than just think about it.
Reason(Malebranche's identification of the epistemic faculty with a divine person): The second person of the Trinity, identified with the Neoplatonic logos, to which the human mind turns in every act of seeking knowledge
Treatise: A treatise is a long, detailed written work that thoroughly explores and explains a single subject or topic. It's typically a formal, serious piece of writing that goes deeper than a simple article or essay, presenting arguments, evidence, and careful analysis to help readers understand the subject completely. Famous examples include philosophical works, scientific explanations, or political essays that scholars and educated people study to learn about important ideas.

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