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===Emotion===
Vulcans are known as logical beings who have removed emotions from their daily lives. The Vulcan character, Spock, struggles with this throughout the original series as he is half-human. [[T'Pol]] states that [[paranoia]] and homicidal rage were common on [[#Homeworld|Vulcan]] before the adoption of [[Surak]]'s code of emotional control.

Surak's ideas were that all Vulcans should suppress emotions, for the safety of the species. Before him, Vulcans were dangerously raging, emotional, war-like and religiously fanatical, to the point that [[existential risk|it could have threatened the continuation of their society and species]]. Then, around the 4th century BC, he created a system revolving around these ideas, intended to create a peaceful society. Some Vulcans disagreed, unfortunately, causing a war to break out. The two sides separated, causing the emotional ones to become Romulans and the logical ones to become what is referred to as modern-day Vulcans. Vulcans still possess and experience emotions, but make great efforts to keep them from being expressed or controlling their behavior. They occasionally have mental breakdowns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-take.com/read/how-do-vulcans-get-in-the-mood-for-sex-if-they-are-emotionless|title=How Do Vulcans Get in the Mood for Sex if They Are Emotionless? &#124; Read &#124; The Take|date=March 20, 2016|website=How Do Vulcans Get in the Mood for Sex if They Are Emotionless? &#124; Read &#124; The Take}}</ref> Only those who follow the discipline of ''kolinahr'' have completely purged all emotions from their minds. Spock, in ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'', attempts to achieve ''kolinahr'', but ultimately fails to do so.

Other Vulcans who did not believe in war but still wanted to embrace emotions made different choices. A group of renegade Vulcans who believed in this was encountered in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "[[Fusion (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Fusion]]", while Spock's half-brother [[Sybok]], seen in the film ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'', was also fully emotional. An episode of ''Enterprise'' titled "[[E²]]" featured an elderly T'Pol in an alternative timeline who had embraced emotion and allowed her half-human son, Lorian, to do likewise.

In the 1st pilot episode, "[[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Cage]]", Spock showed much more emotion. For the second pilot, "[[Where No Man Has Gone Before]]", [[Number One (Star Trek)|Number One]]{{snd}}Spock's superior officer, who showed little emotion{{snd}}was removed, and it was decided that Spock would take on those traits.<ref>Roddenberry "The Making of Star Trek" 1967</ref>

Vulcan emotions are seemingly more intense than those of humans. In the TNG episode ''[[Sarek (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Sarek]]'', Ambassador [[Sarek]] warns [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]] that "Vulcan emotions are extremely intense; we have learned to suppress them", and that Picard would be overwhelmed by Sarek's unrestrained emotions due to the effects of Bendii syndrome while the two are linked during a Vulcan mind-meld. Picard does, in fact, have tremendous difficulty controlling himself while experiencing Sarek's emotions during the meld, including the ambassador's suppressed loves and hidden regrets.{{r|SAREK}}