Sentence examples for foundations of reason from inspiring English sources
Compassion is the earthquake of the soul that rocks the comfort of perception and shifts what once were solid foundations of reason.
These principles did not belong to the Christian faith alone, the cardinal declared; they rested on a foundation of universal reason.
He argues that the liberal tradition that Marcuse argued needed to be preserved only retained its normative force on the metaphysical foundation of "objective reason".
'A solid foundation' For reasons of politics, religion and gender, the needs and rights of women and children historically have been addressed largely in isolation from each other.
They are not the enemy of reason but its foundation.
These works argue in various ways that that interpretation denies or neglects the metaphysical foundations of the principles of practical reason that it offers to identify.
His skepticism regarding the practical powers of reason gave historicism a new firmer foundation, one deeper than that dug by Möser or Herder.
They often see their task not just in terms of handing out money, but of forging alliances and building networks: with government and industry, or among fragmented groups of charities.The growth of such foundations is one reason for believing that philanthropy may be shifting up a gear.
Instead, George rests his ethics on a foundation of "practical reason": "invoking no authority beyond the authority of reason itself," as he put it in one essay.
Rule of law and press freedom are the foundations of Hong Kong's prosperity (and a reason why Shanghai still has not caught up).
Ultimately, if Laurie Garvey Amy Brennemann), a central figure in the narrative, left her own daughter to go silently smoke somewhere, it would have to be for a very good reason, but the foundations of the GR come off as flimsy and unsatisfying.
