I hope you haven't suggested that I am saying that heg?
I am arguing something far subtler on the parallelism between beliefs and know edge, emotion and logic, and motivation with reason.
Obviously not all motives are selfish as some are selfless, but the motive is still intrinsic to the individual or it is not a "motive", it is externally compulsive.
I find it amusing that when most people think of an Age of Reason they fixate on the logical aspects of rational thought but forget that the idea is supposed to also encompass the psychological aspects of rational motivation; "Cause" as a self imposed choice that is consistent with behavior and transcendent of the fatalism of causality.
http://education.yah...1/a0139100.htmlage of reason NOUN: 1. An era in which rationalism prevails, especially the period of the Enlightenment in England, France, and the United States.
2. An age at which a person is considered capable of making reasoned judgments.
http://education.yah...5/m0441500.htmlmotive SYLLABICATION: mo·tive
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: mtv
NOUN: 1. An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action.
2. (mtv, m-tv) A motif in art, literature, or music.
ADJECTIVE: 1. Causing or able to cause motion: motive power.
2. Impelling to action: motive pleas.
3. Of or constituting an incitement to action.
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: mo·tived, mo·tiv·ing, mo·tives
To motivate.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English motif, motive, from Old French motif, from Late Latin mtvus, of motion, from Latin mtus, past participle of movre, to move. See meu- in
http://education.yah...1/r0074100.htmlreason SYLLABICATION: rea·son
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: rzn
NOUN: 1. The basis or motive for an action, decision, or conviction. See Usage Notes at because, why.
2. A declaration made to explain or justify action, decision, or conviction: inquired about her reason for leaving.
3. An underlying fact or cause that provides logical sense for a premise or occurrence: There is reason to believe that the accused did not commit this crime.
4. The capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought; intelligence.
5. Good judgment; sound sense.
6. A normal mental state; sanity: He has lost his reason.
7. Logic A premise, usually the minor premise, of an argument.
VERB: Inflected forms: rea·soned, rea·son·ing, rea·sons
INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To use the faculty of reason; think logically.
2. To talk or argue logically and persuasively.
3. Obsolete To engage in conversation or discussion.
TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To determine or conclude by logical thinking: reasoned out a solution to the problem.
2. To persuade or dissuade (someone) with reasons.
IDIOMS: by reason of Because of. in reason With good sense or justification; reasonably. within reason Within the bounds of good sense or practicality. with reason With good cause; justifiably.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Old French raison, from Latin rati, ratin-, from ratus, past participle of rr, to consider, think. See ar- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: reason·er —NOUN
SYNONYMS: reason, intuition, understanding, judgment These nouns refer to the intellectual faculty by which humans seek or attain knowledge or truth.
Reason is the power to think rationally and logically and to draw inferences: “Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its [the Christian religion's] veracity” (David Hume). Intuition is perception or comprehension, as of truths or facts, without the use of the rational process: I trust my intuitions when it comes to assessing someone's character. Understanding is the faculty by which one understands, often together with the resulting comprehension: “The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding” (Louis D. Brandeis).Judgment is the ability to assess situations or circumstances and draw sound conclusions: “At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment” (Benjamin Franklin).See also synonyms at cause, mind, think.
http://education.yah...8/r0053800.htmlrationalism SYLLABICATION: ra·tion·al·ism
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: rsh-n-lzm
NOUN:
1. Reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action. 2. Philosophy The theory that the exercise of reason, rather than experience, authority, or spiritual revelation, provides the primary basis for knowledge. OTHER FORMS: ration·al·ist —NOUN
ration·al·istic —ADJECTIVE
ration·al·isti·cal·ly —ADVERB