If passions are the only original sources of motivational energy, then attenuating them through sub specie aeternitatis cognition would undermine the very conative drive required for moral action.
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The driving force of our will and desires—the part of us that wants to do things and pursue goals (from the word 'conation,' which means striving or willing).
motivational energy(as used in philosophy of action)
The inner force or drive that makes us want to do something; what gets us moving toward a goal.
passions(Distinguishes passions as states of maximal engagement of the soul's lower cognitive and appetitive faculties)
States in which almost the entire lower power of cognition and desire is engaged