Since it sounds confusing and complicated, Plato uses an allegory to clarify the details. ... In his book, A Treatise of Human Nature, he claims, "reason alone can never be a motive to any action of the will; and secondly that it can never oppose passion in the direction of the will" (Hume in booklet pg 31). ... The methods emphasize the rationality of the person when making it and the maximizing input of information when formulating the rational plan. ...

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