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2007-11-08 21:38:30 · 15 answers · asked by Third P 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The belief in the reason/passion dichotomy has a number of causes. The first is the belief that to be truly objective, you must be impartial and not influenced by emotion. If you feel strongly about an issue, it is taken as a sign that you cannot be rational about it. If this were true, it would be enough to sever reason and passion. Fortunately, reason need not be sacrificed to emotion And emotion need not conflict with reality.
A second cause of the reason/passion dichotomy stems from the mind/body one. It is the belief that the physical and mental world are separate and opposite. People consider passion as very worldly. It shows an emphasis on our lives and the world around us. It screams, "This is important!" Passion is powerful. We use it for emotions that are based on value-judgments. Whether it's love or hate, joy or anger, we experience it in response to what is important in our lives.
Passion without reason is a flight of fancy. It has no support from the mind, which leaves lingering doubts. An emotion can never be as strong when it defies reason. Reason fights against it, dissolving it over time. Those who claim they feel passion without reason are merely claiming that they are impervious to the effects of reason.
2007-11-08 21:48:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think no..
If you don't have a reason, what will you be passionate about.
Take an example..
You want to come first in the class to please your parents.
Now, when after a few days you are demotivated, there could be many reasons for this, you can again think about what you want to achieve and why you want to do it.. so that you get re-motivated.
If you don't have a reason there is no point to be again passionate and soon you will loose the excitement.
Hence, i feel you need to have a reason for a passion.
2007-11-08 22:03:07 · answer #2 · answered by crashbird 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, I think that with out reason passion soon dies. OR becomes obsession, Neither of which is good. Reason is what gives passion it's vitality, whether it's romantic passion or passion for a cause.It's the ability to reason to fully understand why you're so passionate about what ever it is that makes it real and important to you. Would what ever you're dealing with have the ability to cause you to feel passionately if you don't understand the reason that you do??? I don't think so.
2007-11-09 00:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by Kathryn R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Passion (emotion) refers to subjective or affective states of mind rather than to objective or rational attitudes.
Passion without reason may survive for awhile, or even indefinitely--which would be an irrational fixation--& at its most severe, a psychosis.
There are many things for which we feel passionately, but we understand the reasons.
Reason without passion (emotion) would be empty. Conversely, so would passion without reason.
columbo gave you an excellent response.
2007-11-09 15:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well you have to have a passion for something, but you don't need a reason to be passionate about it! all humans have passions without reason - ask anyone, why are they passionate about something, and they probably will find it hard to answer because there's nothing more confronting then analysing your own destiny and future! we dont want to know what's in front of us, thats why humans are so passionate because they look forward to the unexpected.
2007-11-08 21:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by liss<3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Passion never needs a reason, but sometimes it looks for an excuse
2007-11-09 11:53:05 · answer #6 · answered by Graham P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no reason to passion, passion is an emotion that overcomes us. If we would use reason there wouldn't be so many people sleeping around.
2007-11-08 23:55:40 · answer #7 · answered by Magical 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
passion usually has no reason..
there may be triggers to it.. but passion is generally a kind of intensity of emotion, and there is usually no reason behind how passionate one might feel towards someone or something..
2007-11-08 22:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by druid_gtfx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is called or named psychosis. Some brain tumors may cause some rather perverse and mindless 'passions'. That's a limitlessness of mind that may be infinitely terrible, even in its positive mode.
The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.
2007-11-09 13:23:06 · answer #9 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Every passion has a reason or aim.
2007-11-10 04:01:21 · answer #10 · answered by Sam.arth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋