Sentence examples for substitute reason from inspiring English sources

Like Adams, Franklin, and Jefferson, Hamilton had probably fallen under the sway of deism, which sought to substitute reason for revelation and dropped the notion of an active God that will intervene in human affairs.

The dream of substituting reason for force, he writes, was "a central part of the intellectual architecture of the Enlightenment" — most famously captured in Immanuel Kant's "Perpetual Peace" of 1795.

Baumgarten's departure from Wolff here may be subtle, but his idea is that the use of a broad range of our mental capacities for dealing with sensory representations and imagery is not an inferior and provisional substitute for reason and its logical and scientific analysis, but something parallel to reason.

Enthusiasm and conviction is no substitute for reason and evidence".

(As a general rule, inflection substitutes for reason).

The conservative organizations that went after the television network demonstrated a total disregard of free speech and freedom of the press; the belief in winning by any means necessary, including intimidation and threats of economic boycott; and spin control as a substitute for reasoned discussion.

That kind of doublespeak is what happens when tribal values, arrogantly but mistakenly framed as "progressive" and "liberal", are substituted for reasoned, empirical based thinking.

31] described the Soviet decision to resume nuclear testing as "a form of atomic blackmail, designed to substitute terror for reason".

He substituted science and reason for faith and subservience.

But in their passion they must take care not to substitute zeal for reasoned argument.

Striking words but poor substitutes for understanding, reason and real knowledge.