Agra

Is a tower of isolation, the home of reason?

The great Mughal emperor Akbar who called Agra home from time to time took reason to be supreme, since even in disputing reason we would have to give reasons for that disputation. Akbar was right to point to the indispensability of reason, for even the importance of emotions can be appreciated within the reach of reason. The significant place of emotions for our deliberations can be illustrated by the reasons for taking them seriously. If we are strongly moved by some particular emotion, there is good reason to ask what that tells us. Reason and emotion play complementary roles in human reflection, if only we understand the complex relationship between them.