The following saying is attributed to which of the following? "Reason is, and ought to be the slave of passions; and can never pretend to any other office that to serve and obey them.
A) Jeremy Bentham.
B) David Hume.
C) Adam Smith.
D) Daniel Kahneman.

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This saying is attributed to David Hume, a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, who argued that reason is the servant of the passions, in the sense that moral decisions are not based on reason alone but are significantly influenced by emotion and desire.

The Following Saying Is Attributed to Which of the Following