madison learns from witherspoon that just as individual has certain faculties or powers like reason in, and desire in the stomach. so does the constitution of the state mirror these faculties with energy executive, and tempering in the senate, and desire in the house. for example. 2 recognizes that the goal is to achieve the same harmony and balance and tranquility in the constitution of the state that we achieve in our own souls. that is why the whole system is designed to slow■ down deliberation. to prevent our immediate impulses so that we conserve our long-term interest. e definition of virtue for both, on the personal and political level, is essentially impulse control. resisting our immediate emotions so we conserve our true and substantial happiness. that is why it is so significant to realize that the definition papers is an argument about the importance of the primacy of a reasonable fatback -- passion. fashion is any group, a majority or minority, animated by passion rather than reason devoted to self-interest rather than the public good. that is by madison says in all large