In classical philosophy, emotions (or 'the passions') were something to be overcome. — Wayfarer
Plato paints the picture of a Charioteer driving a chariot pulled by two winged horses...
The Charioteer represents intellect, reason, or the part of the soul that must guide the soul to truth; one horse represents rational or moral impulse or the positive part of passionate nature (e.g., righteous indignation); while the other represents the soul's irrational passions, appetites, or concupiscent nature. The Charioteer directs the entire chariot/soul, trying to stop the horses from going different ways, and to proceed towards enlightenment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot_Allegory
I suppose this attitude conveys the impression of the proverbial Mr Spock - the cool rationalist, for whom emotion is a peculiar human trait, but who on that account misses something vital about being human. — Wayfarer
And the goals are made so lofty, so abstract, they become unrealistic to achieve. — apokrisis
Plato paints the picture of a Charioteer (Greek: ἡνίοχος) driving a chariot pulled by two winged horses:
"First the charioteer of the human soul drives a pair, and secondly one of the horses is noble and of noble breed, but the other quite the opposite in breed and character. Therefore in our case the driving is necessarily difficult and troublesome."
The Charioteer represents intellect, reason, or the part of the soul that must guide the soul to truth; one horse represents rational or moral impulse or the neutral/dead part of passionate nature (e.g., righteous indignation); while the other represents the soul's sacred/life-giving passions, appetites, or divine nature. The Charioteer directs the entire chariot/soul, trying to stop the horses from going different ways, and to proceed towards hedonistic enlightenment.
It is not our higher impulse that is the prominent guider in our lives. Rather, it is these "lower emotions" which guide the higher impulse since they are what make any endeavor that relies upon these higher impulses of good value to us in the first place. — TranscendedRealms
The reason why these "higher emotions" aren't actual emotions would be due to the fact that there is no actual quality of emotions there. — TranscendedRealms
...Thoughts make us feel certain ways...
I actually have a logical argument that supports the idea that emotions are a sense. — TranscendedRealms
Physiological sensory perception is not caused by thought.
Emotion is caused by thought.
Emotion is not physiological sensory perception. — creativesoul
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