Because thinking is a species-activity the philosophical systems that have arisen in the course of the history of philosophy should be regarded as necessary standpoints of reason itself.
which, in its judgment, is consistent with both the words and spirit of the Constitution, and is sustained as well by sound reason.' We are now asked, in effect, to overrule it; and in view of the importance of the issue we have reexamined the question from the standpoint of both reason and authority.
And the court has reached a conclusion which, in its judgment, is consistent with both the words and spirit of the Constitution, and is sustained as well by sound reason.' We are now asked, in effect, to overrule it; and in view of the importance of the issue we have reexamined the question from the standpoint of both reason and authority.
A natural way to interpret this point of view is to contrast it with the standpoint of theoretical reason.
From a marketing standpoint, there's plenty of reason to think that blue may have eclipsed green.
While I am quite critical of Senghor, he wrote powerfully of the limits of the mediations through which is life is known, and I differentiate between Senghor's critique of intellectualism from the perspective of lived experience and an outright hostility to the demands of reason from the standpoint of life.
From the standpoint of logic, there are excellent reasons to ratify the treaty.
The possible agreement among various practical standpoints is not guaranteed by facts about the nature of reason or the principles of reason that are authoritative for all rational agents.
Wootton argues that there are very good reasons, from the standpoint of a given individual, for thinking that governments will be wrong about which religion is true.
