Q&A: How Can Reason Be Made to Govern a Person?
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How Can Reason Be Made to Govern a Person?
Question
Hello,
The cultural tendency in which I live is a very emotional culture; religious feelings, psychology, and existential philosophy dominate. I myself also have an emotional temperament.
Question: how can one make the intellect govern a person?
While studying Torah and philosophy, and in everyday life as well?
Emotion blurs my intellectual abilities for me—what can be done about this tendency toward emotionalism?
Thank you
Answer
I don’t have a formula. Just be aware of it and try to overcome it. You can get help from someone else who can give you feedback.