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Thomas Browne

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

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Thomas Browne is saying that reason often challenges or questions faith, just as strong emotions challenge or disrupt logical thinking. This means that faith and reason, as well as reason and passion, are in conflict with each other, each resisting the influence of the other.

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