In which work are feelings stronger than reason? Composition on the topic “Mind and feelings

I didn't choose the topic by accident. internal conflict between feeling and reason. Feeling and reason are the two most important forces inner peace people who often come into conflict with each other. There are situations when feelings oppose the mind. What happens in such a situation? Undoubtedly, this is very painful, disturbing and extremely unpleasant, as a person rushes about, suffers, loses ground under his feet. His mind says one thing, and his feelings raise a real rebellion and deprive him of peace and harmony. As a result, an internal struggle begins, which often ends very tragically.

A similar internal conflict is described in the work of I.S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”. Evgeny Bazarov, main character, shared the theory of "nihilism" and denied literally everything: poetry, music, art, and even love. But the meeting with Anna Sergeevna Odintsova, a beautiful, intelligent, unlike other woman, became a decisive event in his life, after which his internal conflict began. Suddenly, he felt a “romantic” in himself, capable of deeply feeling, experiencing and hoping for reciprocity. His nihilistic views failed: it turns out that there is love, there is beauty, there is art. The strong feelings that gripped him begin to fight against rationalistic theory, and life becomes unbearable. The hero cannot continue scientific experiments, engage in medical practice - everything falls out of hand. Yes, when such a discord occurs between feeling and reason, life sometimes becomes impossible, as the harmony that is necessary for happiness is violated, and the internal conflict becomes external: family and friendship ties are broken.

One can also recall the work of F.M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment", in which the rebellion of the feelings of the protagonist is analyzed. Rodion Raskolnikov hatched the "Napoleonic" idea strong personality having the right to break the law and even kill a person. Having tested this rationalistic theory in practice, having killed the old pawnbroker, the hero experiences torments of conscience, the impossibility of communicating with relatives and friends, and practically becomes morally and physically ill. This morbid condition arose from an internal conflict between human feelings and fictional theories.

So, we analyzed situations when feelings oppose reason, and came to the conclusion that it is sometimes harmful to a person. But, on the other hand, it is also a signal that feelings must be listened to, since far-fetched theories can destroy both the person himself and cause irreparable harm, unbearable pain to people around him.

Good that modern schoolchildren they also write essays, although I see from young relatives that this is not so easy for them. I studied at a rural school, but I remember that we wrote essays quite often. I have a feeling that almost every week we wrote something either on the basis of the studied works, or on a free topic according to the works recommended (or chosen to your taste) for independent reading.

Themes "Mind and Feelings", we also touched, and not even once, since there are plenty of examples in the literature, considering which you can try to understand - which of them is more important. Mind or feelings? Naturally, on many examples it has been proven that only the harmony of the heart and head gives a person both a sense of inner freedom and a sense of happiness. Passions are blind, reason is too cold.

But just as theory without practice, reason without feelings cannot exist. After all, it often happens that feelings push for actions, from actions (whatever they are), "experience is born - the son of difficult mistakes", experience, in turn, again goes to the aid of the mind in difficult situation. It's kind of a vicious circle. Although separate, especially intelligent individuals are even able to adopt someone else's experience. But there are not many such unique ones, and even if we are ready to rely on someone else's experience, then this does not apply to all issues and problems in a row.

I remember that one of the discussions in our class (and it was a favorite subject for many) was just developed on interesting topic. Usually, after all, it is believed that mind and reason, a certain practicality, pragmatism - this is more characteristic of men. Women, on the contrary, are more emotional, more prone to feelings. But is it really so? We were asked to find an example in literature, where a man just turned out to be completely immersed in feelings. And in principle, it was possible to do this quite easily - Yolks from the Pomegranate Bracelet just turned out to be the person for whom feelings (love for Vera Nikolaevna) turned out to be much more important than rumors and ridicule. He perfectly understood his social inequality, and realized that “you won’t be forced to be nice,” but at the same time he couldn’t do anything with his feelings. That's why the ending in "Garnet Bracelet" is so sad.

Now I don’t remember exactly how the topic of my essay sounded, especially since it was so many years ago, but at one time I chose to consider this topic, what hooked me the most. It’s not that the rest of the works were rated somehow wrong, it just happens that something directly evokes very strong emotions. Therefore, I wrote on this topic using the example of the work N.M. Karamzin " Poor Lisa" . After all, if we consider the behavior of the heroes, it turns out that each of them acted in accordance with what had great power over him.

Erast turned out to be more susceptible to reason, although base passions (to lose the estate in cards - you can’t call such a person reasonable) also won over him at some point. But he tried to rectify the situation by pure calculation - he married a rich widow. The act is not plausible, but very pragmatic and logical in such a situation. Of course, he did not like the widow, but for the sake of money and position in society, you can endure.

Lisa, in turn, was so immersed in feelings that the mind, under their pressure, simply did not dare to "say" a word. Liza rejected a profitable match for herself, Liza completely forgot that, according to her social status, she could not be with this person - she did not care. And finally, in her desperation, Lisa committed suicide, while also not thinking about anyone. Especially about the old mother, who, as it seems, throughout this short work Lisa loves with all her heart. What happened in the end? Which of the characters became happy? Everything is clear with Lisa, but Erast, having chosen reason and a profitable marriage, also turned out to be deeply unhappy, since he "considered himself a murderer" when he learned about Lisa's death.

That is, Erast still had a conscience, and conscience is also a feeling. So it turns out that only harmony between feelings and reason can help a person in difficult situations, and when he tries to choose just one, he has a high chance of making a fatal mistake.

Thematic direction

"Mind and Feelings"

Universal intro

• Feelings are our reaction to events outside world, our internal installations. Like or dislike, admire or leave indifferent, cause fear or confidence. Reason is the ability to discover and cognize the laws of the world.

Alexander Evgenievich Gavryushkin

• There are no feelings without reason, and reason without feelings. How many colors, tones, shades. "I love you" - breaks out of the mouth, And the mind with feelings go wall to wall. Are they enemies, friends, antibodies? What do they have in common, and what distinguishes them? For the mind, the most important thing is And feelings of love only think ... When they are united, it is an explosion. An explosion of happiness that illuminates everything around, And if apart - a painful abscess, Which, inflamed, interferes with life. All knowledge without feelings is, alas, dead. We cannot build happiness on knowledge. What good is it that we are so intelligent? Our mind without love is worth so little!

• Feelings whisper to us: “Give everything to love ...”, And the mind says: "Actually You're making a mistake, don't rush! Wait a little, at least a week ... " So what's more important? Almighty, tell me... Perhaps the mind that works miracles, Or our feelings, because without them, alas, We do not know true love? There are no feelings without reason and no reason without feelings. White helps to see black. A world without love is so uncomfortable empty In it, our rebellious mind is lonely.

Possible abstracts

• "GOOD FEELINGS" GET OVER THE MIND. THE VOICE OF MERCY IS STRONGER THAN REASONAL REASONS.

(Very often there are situations when a person acts according to the dictates of the heart against the voice of reason. For example, this happens when we are driven by sympathy.

Sometimes, helping someone, you have to break the rules, act contrary to your interests. The voice of mercy is stronger than the arguments of reason.)

Arguments

Many writers have addressed the theme of mercy. So, in the story of Valentin Petrovich Rasputin "French Lessons" tells about the teacher Lidia Mikhailovna, who could not remain indifferent to the plight of her student (game for money) ....

In Andrey Platonovich Platonov's story “Yushka”, the main character, whose name the story is named, also lives more with feelings than is guided by reason (almost all the money earned at the forge is an orphan. But himself ...)

Possible abstracts

2. NEGATIVE FEELINGS SOMETIMES OVERCOME THE CONCEPTS OF GOOD AND EVIL. THE CONSEQUENCES OF ACTION DUE TO SUCH FEELINGS CAN BE TRAGIC.

(Sometimes it happens that a person is possessed by negative feelings: anger, resentment, envy. Seized by them, he commits deeds worthy of condemnation, although, of course, he is aware that he is doing evil. The consequences of such actions can be tragic)

Arguments

Let us turn to the story of Anna Mass "The Trap", which describes the act of the girl Valentina. The heroine has a dislike for her brother's wife Rita. This feeling is so strong that Valentina decides to set a trap for her daughter-in-law: ...

The story allows you to think about the fact that you can not succumb to the power of negative feelings, as they can provoke cruel acts, which you will then have to bitterly regret.

Anna Vladimirovna Mass (b. 1935)

Her characters go on hikes, help their parents, go to school, read a lot, do their homework, correct bad grades, fall in love, get jealous, quarrel... Most often, the story is told from the perspective of a teenage girl who is going through the time of growing up, becoming a person.

Possible Arguments

3. MIND OVERCOMES FEELINGS. THIS COULD BE TRAGIC.

( Should a person always listen to the voice of reason? At first glance it seems that yes. However, the mind does not always give the right advice. Unfortunately, sometimes it happens that actions dictated by rational arguments lead to negative consequences)

Arguments

Let us turn to the story of A.P. Chekhov "In the pharmacy". The author describes the home teacher Svoykin, who, being seriously ill, immediately after seeing the doctor came to the pharmacy ...

After reading this short story, we see that not always reasonable decisions lead to good. Sometimes they have very tragic consequences.

Arguments

And in the story of A.P. Chekhov "About Love" we get to know

sad story of the relationship of the main characters ...

… . Love cannot be guided by any

rules, however Alekhin and Anna Luganovich

succumbing to the call of reason, abandon their

happiness, lock love in a case, and both deeply

unhappy

The story of Albert Likhanov "Labyrinth".

(Giving in to the pressure of the family, the hero sacrifices his feelings to reason: he refuses his favorite job in favor of earning)

Possible abstracts

4. MIND AND FEELINGS. THE TRAGEDY OF CHOICE

(Feelings or reason? Sometimes situations arise in our lives in which there is no right choice. Listening to feelings, a person will sin against moral standards and doom himself to tragic consequences; listening to reason, he too will suffer. There may not be a path that would lead to a successful resolution of the situation)

Arguments

• A. S. Pushkin's novel "Eugene Onegin" (The tragedy of the fate of Pushkin's heroine is that the choice between reason and feeling in her situation is a choice without a choice, any decision will only lead to suffering (Episodes of Tatyana's meeting with Onegin after marriage))
• The story of N.V. Gogol "Taras Bulba" (Andriy's love for a beautiful Polish girl)

Possible abstracts

5. "LEARN TO CONTROL YOURSELF." A PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME WITH NEGATIVE FEELINGS.

(Succumb to feelings or overcome them? Probably, there is no definite answer. Of course, if we are driven by “good feelings”, for example, compassion, a desire to help, then we should listen to them. If these feelings are negative, destructive, we need to be able to tame them, listen to reason)

Arguments

So, in the story of Anna Mass "A Difficult Exam" it is said about a girl, Anna Gorchakova, who managed to withstand a difficult test ...

The writer wants to teach us a lesson: no matter how strong negative feelings are, we must be able to cope with them and go towards our goal, despite disappointments and failures.

Homework(by Tuesday)

Using the first thesis, write an essay on the topic

“Do the rational and the moral always coincide?”

Based on a brief commentary on the first direction for final essay, I tried to pick up quotes for him. I invite colleagues to discuss them, I suggest that my students choose the most close to the soul quote and try your hand at presenting thoughts.

"The direction involves thinking about reason and feeling as the two most important components of a person's inner world, which influence his aspirations and actions. Reason and feeling can be considered both in a harmonious unity and in a complex confrontation that constitutes the internal conflict of the individual.

The theme of mind and feeling is interesting for writers different cultures and eras: heroes literary works often find themselves faced with a choice between the command of feeling and the prompting of reason.

Topics reflecting the unity of mind and feelings:

1. "Wisdom is a combination of knowledge and feelings." Ivan Efremov

2. "Morality is the mind of the heart." Heinrich Heine

3. “Reason gains value only when it serves love.” A. de Saint-Exupery

4. “When the heart sings from love, the mind should not sing along, but conduct.” Vadim Panov

5. "Heart and mind are strong only when they are at the same time." Ludmila Tatyanicheva

6. “An enlightened mind ennobles moral feelings; the head must educate the heart.” Friedrich Schiller

7. "Reason and passion - the rudder and sails ... of the soul floating on the sea." Joubran Hamil (Lebanese writer)

8. “The heart, imagination and mind are the environment where what we call culture is born.” K.G. Paustovsky

9. "All knowledge originates from the mind and comes from the senses." Francesco Patrici (Italian and Croatian philosopher)

Topics reflecting the confrontation between mind and feelings, which constitutes the internal conflict of the personality:

1. When the mind and heart are out of tune

2.« If the heart and mind started a dispute, do not wait for yourself of good". Ludmila Tatyanicheva

3. "The main reason for the mistakes made by a person lies in the constant struggle of feelings with reason." Blaise Pascal

There is huge scope for argumentation of judgments expressing the essence of each topic. Moreover, in most of the works one can find both heroes "possessing the mind of the heart" and those whose "mind and heart are not in harmony." Sometimes the same character finds himself in one situation or another.

I will name only a few such works from Russian and foreign literature: A.S. Pushkin Captain's daughter”, I.S. Turgenev "Fathers and Sons", L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace", V.V. Veresaev "Competition", A. I. Kuprin " Garnet bracelet", I.A. Bunin. Stories from the cycle " Dark alleys", A.I. Solzhenitsyn" Matrenin yard”, V.G. Rasputin "Farewell to Matera", I. Efremov "The Andromeda Nebula", A. de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince", Ray Bradbury "451 degrees Fahrenheit", etc.

An essay on the topic “What controls a person more: mind or feelings?”

What controls a person more: mind or feelings? In order to answer this question, it is necessary to define its main components. Reason is the ability of a person to think logically: analyze, establish cause-and-effect relationships, find meanings, draw conclusions, formulate principles. And feelings are the emotional experiences of a person that arise in the process of his relationship with the outside world. Feelings are formed and developed in the course of development and upbringing of a person.

It seems to many that you need to live only by reason, and they are somewhat right. Reason is given to man so that he thinks about everything and accepts right decisions. But man is also given feelings. They always fight with reason, showing that it is worth paying more attention to them. Feelings are important for each of us: they help to make ours more rich and interesting. Sometimes the heart tells us one thing, but the brain tells us quite the opposite. How to be? I would like them to live in peace and not argue with each other, but this is unattainable. The soul desires freedom, celebration, fun ... And the mind tells us that we need to work, work, take care of everyday little things so that they do not accumulate into insoluble everyday problems. Two opposing forces pull the reins of government each on themselves, therefore, in different situations we are driven by different motives.

Many writers and poets raised the topic of the struggle between reason and feelings. So, for example, in W. Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" the main characters belong to the warring clans of Montague and Capulet. Everything is against the feelings of young people, and the voice of reason advises everyone not to succumb to the outbreak of love. But emotions are stronger, and even in death, Romeo and Juliet did not want to leave. We never know for sure what will happen if feelings take precedence over reason, but Shakespeare showed us the tragic development of events. And we willingly believe him, because a similar story has been repeated more than once both in world culture and in life. Heroes - just teenagers who probably fell in love for the first time. If they had even tried to calm the ardor and try to negotiate with their parents, I doubt that the Montechis or the Capulets would have preferred the death of their children. They would most likely compromise. However, teenagers in this situation did not have enough wisdom and worldly experience to achieve their goal in other, reasonable ways. Sometimes feelings act as our inner intuition, but it also happens that this is just a momentary impulse that is better to contain. I think Romeo and Juliet succumbed to the impulse inherent in their age, and not intuitively established an unbreakable bond. Love would push them to solve the problem, not to commit suicide. Such a sacrifice is only the command of capricious passion.

In the story "The Captain's Daughter" we also observe a clash between reason and feeling. Pyotr Grinev, having learned that his beloved Masha Mironova is forcibly held by Shvabrin, who wants to force the girl to marry him, contrary to the voice of reason, turns to Pugachev for help. The hero knows that this can threaten him with death, because the connection with a state criminal was severely punished, but he does not deviate from his plan and eventually saves own life and honor, and later receives Masha as a legal wife. This example is an illustration of the fact that the voice of feeling is necessary for a person in making a final decision. He helped save the girl from unjust oppression. If the young man only thought and thought, he would not be able to love to the point of self-sacrifice. But Grinev did not neglect his mind: he made a mental plan on how to help his beloved as efficiently as possible. He did not register as a traitor, but took advantage of the location of Pugachev, who appreciated the courageous and a strong character officer.

Thus, I can conclude that both reason and feelings must be strong in a person. You can not give preference to extremes, you must always find a compromise solution. What choice to make in this or that situation: to submit to feelings or to listen to the voice of reason? How to avoid internal conflict between these two "elements"? Everyone must answer these questions for himself. And a person also makes a choice on his own, a choice on which not only the future, but life itself can sometimes depend.

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