Sentence examples for against reason from inspiring English sources

For these reasons Bayle conflated the traditional categories of "above reason" and "against reason," claiming that mysteries were necessarily both.

Since actions cannot be reasonable or against reason, it follows that "[l]audable and blameable are not the same with reasonable or unreasonable" (T 458).

His most notable achievement was the magnificent vituperation of A Satire Against Reason and Mankind, which simultaneously offers closely reasoned intellectual argument and witty pastiche of the high-blown bluster of the time.

I weigh passion against reason.

These shots argue against reason in the face of improbability.

But it's a strike against reason and progress and hope.

He uses simple dichotomies, such as pitting the city against the village, the earth against fantasy, reason against superstition, and progress against the past.

I think Mr. Krugman is committing treason against reasoned debate.

This revolt, inasmuch as it was the assertion of naked will against reasoned planning, was irrational from first to last.

For others, these concerns should be weighed against reasons for reproductive cloning.

Key categories identified in our data were mapped against reasons for non-use of assistance as reported in the smoking cessation literature (table 2).