Sentence examples for direction of reason from inspiring English sources
Mrs. Mason takes the girls to Charles Townley's ruined mansion to tell them the cautionary tale of a "boy of uncommon abilities, and strong feelings"; unfortunately, "he ever permitted those feelings to direct his conduct, without submitting to the direction of reason; I mean, the present emotion governed him.
Obama — contemptibly, in this view — offers off-ramps in the direction of reason even when faced with the most fanatical opponents, who are bent on revenge for mysterious, sectarian motives, and yet he still tries to appease them.
Moral virtues are habits of appetite brought about by the direction of reason.
Here we have the first of several oppositions Hobbes sets up between the motivations of the passions and the direction of reason, although the conflict may be one inherent in practical reason itself.
For example: "For this plan, you are suggesting X?" When they answer, follow up with another question which leads in the direction of your reason for disagreeing.
Computer simulations show that if the same face had always pointed towards us, the moon's western hemisphere as seen from Earth should be pocked with around a third more craters than the eastern hemisphere, because the west faces the moon's direction of travel – the same reason running in the rain will get your front wet more than your back.
Measurements of the amount of sunlight reflected back in the direction of illumination indicate the reason: on a small scale the surface is extremely rough, and light reflected from within mineral grains and deep cavities remains shadowed until the illumination source is directly behind the observer i.e., until the full moon at which time light abruptly reflects out of the cavities.
But the volatility Natuzzi has had in recent months seems to have occurred in the opposite direction of the market, the reason for its low beta of 0.20.
Take oil and fresh water… The endless campaign ReprintsThe diversions were opened at the direction of Governor Bobby Jindal, who reasoned that the outward flow of fresh water would help prevent oil washing up onshore.
Still, while many candidates across the country rode to victory on voter anger at the direction of the nation, a crucial reason Ms. Murkowski, a Republican, is given a strong chance of prevailing is that she appealed so effectively to Alaska's distinctive sense of identity — and to its particular anxieties.
For this reason, the direction of a reaction is recorded as a flag towards the end of the RInChI, so this information can be readily identified and discarded when required.
