reason
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reason englanniksi
A cause:
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1996, (w), ''(w): Evolution and the Meanings of Life'', page 198:
- There is a reason why so many should be symmetrical: The selective advantage in a symmetrical complex is enjoyed by all the subunits(..)
A motive for an action or a determination.
1806, Anonymous, Select Notes to Book XXI, in, (w), translator, ''The (w) of (w)'', volume 6 (London, F.J. du Roveray), page 37:
- This is the reason why he proposes to offer a libation, to atone for the abuse of the day by their diversions.
1881, (w), ''(w)'', chapter 10:
- Ralph Touchett, for reasons best known to himself, had seen fit to say that Gilbert Osmond was not a good fellow(..)
An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
1966, (w), ''(w)'' ((w) edition, (ISBN), page 14:
- I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself.
A premise placed after its conclusion.
Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
(quote-book)|publisher=William Heinemann|location=London|page=113|passage=The tremendous tragedy in which he had been involved - it was evident he was a fugitive from Weybridge - had driven him to the very verge of his reason.
1970, (w), ''On Violence'' (ISBN), page 62:
- And the specific distinction between man and beast is now, strictly speaking, no longer reason (the ''lumen naturale'' of the human animal) but science(..)
(quote-journal)
Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
16th century (w), ''Lines on his Promised Pension''
- I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.
(RQ:Barrow Mat)
- Geometrical Reasons
1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, ''The Adventure of the Speckled Band''
- "I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data. (..)"
To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
(RQ:Northup Twelve Years)
To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
''I reasoned the matter with my friend.''
1901, Ralph Connor, ''The Man from Glengarry'' Chapter 9
- The talk was mainly between Aleck and Murdie, the others crowding eagerly about and putting in a word as they could. Murdie was reasoning good-humoredly, Aleck replying fiercely.
To support with reasons, as a request.
To persuade by reasoning or argument.
''to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan''
1816, Jane Austen, ''Emma'' ''Volume 2/Chapter 10''
- That she was not immediately ready, Emma did suspect to arise from the state of her nerves; she had not yet possessed the instrument long enough to touch it without emotion; she must reason herself into the power of performance; and Emma could not but pity such feelings, whatever their origin, and could not but resolve never to expose them to her neighbour again.
''to reason down a passion''
To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
''to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon''