Sentence examples for rational idea from inspiring English sources

On-site renewable energy "looks good" but was not "a rational idea," Mr. Hoelzle said.

Since then, the rational idea behind designing the drug has given way to an unexpectedly complex range of outcomes.

In this passage Kant makes the distinction between the Æsthetic Idea and the Rational Idea, and it marks the transition from the consideration of the æsthetic judgment of taste to that of the teleological judgment of purpose in Nature.

The result may not be perfect, but it sure is helpful if you're obsessed with one dish or simply like the very rational idea of determining where you'll eat by the meal you want rather than by the chef who will cook it or the neighborhood it's cooked in.

"I think my behavior was a combination of a rational idea — that it was better to be talking to people who hated us or disapproved of us than not — and that good old-fashioned encumbrance of mine, the desire to please".

A work of art expresses or exhibits an aesthetic idea in so far as it succeeds in giving sensible form to a rational idea.

There are probably many comments giving constructive compliments, constructive criticism and rational ideas for improvement.

The second half of the 19th century did produce some more rational ideas.

This would mean promoting a counter-wave of liberal and rational ideas to combat the allure of paranoia and apocalypse.

They wanted to suggest that these were just even-handed, rational ideas that were sort of generally out in the public sphere.

Twoflower enables Pratchett to make some interesting points about the nature of tourism and power, and there are some fine jokes about his attempts to impose rational ideas (such as insurance) on a magical world.