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Rationality   /rˌæʃənˈælɪti/   Listen
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Rationality  n.  (pl. rationalities)  The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. "When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure?" "Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination."






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"Rationality" Quotes from Famous Books



... has the corrosive sublimate applied in the form of a plug. In each case the preliminary irrigation with the corrosive sublimate solution is dispensed with. This, however, should on no account be omitted. In our opinion it constitutes the very essence of the rationality of the treatment. ...
— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks

... differing so widely from Mr. Southey as to the past progress of society, we should differ from him also as to its probable destiny. He thinks, that to all outward appearance, the country is hastening to destruction; but he relies firmly on the goodness of God. We do not see either the piety or the rationality of thus confidently expecting that the Supreme Being will interfere to disturb the common succession of causes and effects. We, too, rely on his goodness, on his goodness as manifested, not in extraordinary interpositions, but in those general laws which it has pleased him to establish ...
— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... the rose-bush, looked at Mother Binning. "I suppose we call it 'wisdom' when two feel alike. Now that's just what I feel about Alexander Jardine! It's just feeling without rationality." ...
— Foes • Mary Johnston

... by no means a good boy, but his mother, by a kind of heroic conscientiousness and rationality, slowly conquers him and secures his attachment. She has solemnly abjured her connection with her husband's family, assumed her maiden name, and has consecrated her life to what she regards as the highest utility—the work of education. She wishes to atone to the race for her ...
— Essays on Scandinavian Literature • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

... was conveyed to Sing Sing, and found her in a state of deep dejection. She afterward became completely deranged, and was removed to the Lunatic Asylum at Bloomingdale. He and his wife visited her there, and found her in a state of temporary rationality. Her manners were quiet and pleasing, and she appeared exceedingly gratified to see them. The superintendent granted permission to take her with them in a walk through the grounds, and she enjoyed this little excursion very highly. But when one of the company remarked that it ...
— Isaac T. Hopper • L. Maria Child


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