But even if we were to suppose these minds to be docile and reflective enough to listen to and understand arguments that might clear up their errors, no matter how well founded these arguments might be in themselves they would not be able to halt the impetuous impulse of these passions for very long, or to prevent them from soon justifying themselves through very persuasive and sensible proofs, because their imagination is disordered by dread and their heart corrupted by hatred and false zeal.