Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Instinct is the nose of the mind.
We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
Reason is the servant of instinct.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
The natural inclination in all humans is to posit a force, a spirit, outside of us. That tendency toward superstitious magical thinking is just built into our nature.
I don't know if you can articulate an instinct.
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