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reason 1. Philosophy the intellect regarded as a source of knowledge, as contrasted with experience 2. Logic grounds for a belief; a premise of an argument supporting that belief 3. reasons of State political justifications for an immoral act How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Take your stand on your reason and rest there as Frederic Larsan rests on his cane. By reason could I have arrived at knowing that I must love my neighbor and not oppress him? As the months went on, it had seemed more and more difficult to him to say why he should not run down to Middlemarch--merely for the sake of hearing something about Dorothea; and if on such a flying visit he should chance by some strange coincidence to meet with her, there was no reason for him to be ashamed of having taken an innocent journey which he had beforehand supposed that he should not take. |
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