Us unfathomable humans...............

Humans have a distinctive nature, which is not purely subjective but governed by certain general laws;  indeed, they are social animals heavily driven by instinct and emotion.  The testimony of ordinary people is often of greater value that that of experts.  Human passions are guided by empathy and imagination.  Human well-being is grounded in a social order whose values are given by divine providence.  Human reason is limited in scope, and insufficient as a basis of public morality. ... People cannot reason themselves into a good society, for a good society is rooted not merely in reason but in sentiments and the emotions...

-Jesse Norman,  Edmund Burke:  The First Conservative