Literary notes about rationale (AI summary)
In literature, "rationale" is frequently employed to denote the underlying explanation or justification behind phenomena, actions, or artistic movements. Writers use the term to bridge observation and interpretation; for instance, it is invoked to explain natural occurrences and biological processes in texts like [1] and [2], while in other works it frames the purpose behind historical events or social customs, as seen in [3] and [4]. Moreover, the word carries an abstract quality when applied to art and philosophical inquiries, helping to elucidate complex ideas and theoretical frameworks in discussions found in [5] and [6]. In all contexts, "rationale" serves as a tool that connects empirical details or cultural practices with their broader conceptual underpinnings.
- The discovery of Mendelian elements admirably coincided with and at once gave a rationale of these facts.
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward - A simple rationale may be discerned for the phenomena of catching cold.
— from A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 1 Pathology and General Diseases - The rationale of these sepulchral cairns is to keep down the ghost of the dead man and prevent it from injuring the living.
— from The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 2 (of 2) by William Crooke - The Expedition had a problem sketched in unmistakable feature, and the following pages will shortly set forth its historical origin and rationale.
— from The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir - The Summer Number contains The Rationale of Art, by J.B. YEATS.
— from Ireland and the Home Rule Movement by McDonnell, Michael, Sir - These are found in his essays on "The Poetic Principle," "The Rationale of Verse," and "The Philosophy of Composition.
— from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
