Literary notes about REASON (AI summary)
In literature, the term reason assumes a multifaceted role that bridges the gap between logical justification and moral motivation. Authors employ it as both the catalyst for actions and an expression of the underlying thought process; for instance, it explains motivations in narrative contexts ([1], [2], [3]) while also serving as the bedrock of ethical deliberation and the exercise of free will in philosophical discourses ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, reason is used to highlight the contrast between rationality and other human impulses, enriching character development and thematic depth, as seen when it contrasts with passion or duty ([7], [8], [9]). This versatility underscores its significance across genres, linking cause and effect in the unfolding of human events and intellectual reflections ([10], [11], [12]).
- Perhaps they were to be kept as hostages —but for what reason?
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - At some unrecorded date in the past a rather absurd-looking grotto had for some reason been built here of rough unhewn stones.
— from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - When the Satyr asked the reason for this, he told him that he did it to warm his hands because they were so cold.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - Proof.—I call free him who is led solely by reason; he, therefore, who is born free, and who remains free, has only adequate ideas;
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza - Transcendental antithetic is an investigation into the antinomy of pure reason, its causes and result.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - The moral law, however, is conceived as objectively necessary, only because it holds for everyone that has reason and will.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant - Now is there not here a third principle which is often found to come to the assistance of reason against desire, but never of desire against reason?
— from The Republic by Plato - By your pardon: I will myself into the pulpit first, And show the reason of our Caesar’s death.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - There is no reason, however, why you should go away when you have had your coffee—or your glass of tea—and your smoke.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - Now do you know the reason of this haste.
— from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Hence follows the third practical principle of the will, which is the ultimate condition of its harmony with universal practical reason, viz.:
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant
