Thinking and acting rationally is a very late historical development if we see humanity as a whole. Surprisingly, the ancient world, particularly India and Greece and maybe others, had such an approach, though contested by other approaches. Presently, this is how humanity brought humanism and modernity to itself; but this is still evolving, and struggling in many pockets of the world and of any culture.
It is not that reason has been missing in any age but it rarely commanded the centerstage or remained sustainably there. Traditions and affectiveness still remain dominant in human minds, and reason finds itself at the receiving end. The persisting reality, the highlight of this post, is this: the primal instincts have always, throughout history, appropriated reason for their own ends.
Niraj Kumar Jha
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