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    Reason alone cannot oppose a passion in the direction of the will.

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    • 1.To oppose a passion, reason must be able to give rise to a motive by itself.
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    • 2.Only a motive can oppose another motive.
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    • 3.Reason by itself is unable to give rise to a motive.
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    It immediately follows that reason alone cannot oppose a passion in the direction of the will. To oppose a passion, reason must be able to give rise to a motive by itself, since only a motive can oppose another motive, but he has just shown that reason by itself is unable to do this.
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