Sentence examples for possession of reason from inspiring English sources

In any event, he makes it clear that the capacity to choose moral good is not intrinsic to possession of reason and will; otherwise the aid of grace would not be needed.

Likewise, the capacity to choose moral evil is made possible by a feature that is not intrinsic to possession of reason and will, since God, who has reason and will, cannot choose moral evil.

By Constantin Alajalov and E. B. White The New Yorker, November 5, 1932 P. 13 An English statistician has figured out that in two centuries there will no longer be a single person in Europe in possession of his reason.

My research led me to the concept originating in 19th-century criminal psychology of "mania without delirium" or "moral insanity", a condition whereby an individual might be seized by "paroxysms of maniacal fury", yet at all other times appear to be fully in possession of their reason.

Possession of these reasons would insure that the belief is not merely a "stray hunch".

This talk of 'sufficient reason' is intended to be consistent with the idea that in some cases, no reasons are needed to suffice for propositional justification that some justification comes 'for free', not dependent on the possession of any reasons at all.

So you are in possession of a good reason for thinking that the belief in question, (H), is true.

If you believe (1) and (3), you are in possession of a good reason for thinking that the hat is indeed blue.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek discovered that much when his bright attacking display was checked at the break with the manager citing naivety out of possession as reason enough to prompt his replacement.

What distinguishes humans from the animals is not their possession of non-natural powers either of reason or volition, but the fact that human beings are "absolute sensualists" whose powers of observation and recollection extend to the whole of nature.

In a piece about Man o' War's owner, Samuel Riddle, Palmer wrote: "Mr. Riddle was much prouder of Man o' War than you are of your children, and probably with more reason, and possession of him was a stately music".