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“[Most Greek Philosophers] held that emotions are not simply blind surges of affect … rather they are discriminating responses closely connected with beliefs about how things are and what is important … if one really accepts or takes in a certain belief, one will experience emotion … the pursuit of intellectual reasoning apart from emotion will actually prevent a full rational judgment—for example by preventing access to one’s grief, or one’s love, that is necessary for the full understanding of what has taken place when a loved one dies. Emotions can, of course, be unreliable—in much the same way beliefs can … they are not self-certifying sources of ethical truth.”— Nussbaum
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