The West is decaying from within the reason is''reason'' alone. Reason alone can not arrive at the true nature of reality. This was noted by Hume. Pure reason can only tell us knowledge without sensory input. [''Pure'' mean with no empirical input.]. But for areas where the ''is'' can not tell us about ''ought'', there one needs faith, Faith with reason. For faith without reason believes nonsense. And reason without faith tells us nothing.