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    When reason corrects the false belief, the passion founde... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Reason can never oppose passion in the direction of the will

    When reason corrects the false belief, the passion founded on it ceases or diminishes, meaning reason indirectly governed the will's direction.

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    • 1.False beliefs causally sustain emotions: fear of flying diminishes when one learns accident statistics are actually very low.
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    • 2.Reason operates as a belief-corrector through evidence evaluation, thereby indirectly reshaping motivational states.
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    • 3.Will-direction follows from what we believe to be true and good; correcting beliefs necessarily alters what we pursue.
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    • 1.Passions often persist despite rational knowledge: smokers know lung cancer risks but continue smoking anyway.
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    • 2.Reason and passion operate through different neural pathways; correcting beliefs doesn't guarantee emotional cessation or behavioral change.
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    • 3.The claim conflates rational understanding with effective motivation; knowing something intellectually ≠ willing it emotionally.
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