In Hume’s A Treatise Of Human Nature he makes a distinction between passions and reason. He Points out that reason is a slave to the passions. Reason is what directs our judgment, concerning causes and effects (p.461). These causes and effects are what directs our reason. There are some who object to this theory that Hume presents saying “Surely reason is not always the slave of the passions for sometimes I act against my …showed first 75 words of 1357 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1357 total…passions or desires. However there is something in them that is driving them to do the problems they do. It is natural for them to feel satisfaction once the problem has been solved. This satisfaction is even considered a desire. The whole point of arduously trying to solve the formula is the desire for the satisfaction that is received at the end. Hence reason is always slave to the passion even in terms of mathematics.