Literary notes about Reasoning (AI summary)
In literature, the term "reasoning" is frequently employed to convey the mental process by which characters, philosophers, or narrators draw inferences and construct arguments, illustrating both clarity and human fallibility. It appears as a reflection of intellectual faculties—used to justify actions, deduce causes from effects, or even as a marker of character distinctions—capturing the essence of rational thought in varied contexts [1][2][3]. At times, authors highlight its role in the systematic unravelling of complex ideas or natural phenomena, as seen when logic serves as the backbone of inquiry or moral discourse [4][5][6]. Conversely, there is a critical edge when reasoning is depicted as flawed or overly reliant on formality, underlying a tension between logical structure and intuitive judgment, which adds a dynamic layer to both character development and broader theoretical arguments [7][8].
- That, I imagine, was his way of reasoning.
— from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius—the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.
— from Literary Character of Men of GeniusDrawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli - This reasoning calmed me a little and I began to hope!
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - This exact conformity of experience to our reasoning is a convincing proof of the solidity of that hypothesis, upon which we reason.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume - What really takes place is a sort of reasoning from effect back to cause.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The modus tollens of reasoning from known inferences to the unknown proposition, is not only a rigorous, but a very easy mode of proof.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - This specious reasoning is nevertheless false.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes - His reasoning is specious, but not conclusive.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
