Is Philosophy a Practice of Reason?

philosophy is often portrayed the subject which focuses on reason and tries to play down not just rhetoric, but also appeals to the passions. Nearly all philosophers recognize that some of their argumentation needs to be involved in bringing on board the non rational parts of the soul. And ats in pruse bintinsviews, we ften asked people to give an example to clarify exactly what they meant,. But presumably also to make the view more plausible to people who hadn't quite got what the generalization was.