If children could only be brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone then the human race would become extinct
--- Schopenhauer
#antinatalism
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"Hence the uselessness of logic: no one ever convinced anybody by logic; and even logicians use logic only as a source of income. To convince a man, you must appeal to his self-interest, his desires, his will."
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Hume pointed out that people are, for the most part, guided by their passion (feelings) and not their reason. We mostly follow what is customary to do, with little or no thought about the reason.
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Of course not.
Reason may control instincts without killing them.
A few children may be reasonable.