active reason

American  

noun

Aristotelianism.

1. an activity of intellect, embodying universal truth, potentially present in the mind of every individual, and when present, forming the only immortal part of the individual.

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Example Sentences

Only active reason," says Hegel, "reduced the mere multiplicity and diversity of phenomena to antithesis.

From The life and teaching of Karl Marx by Beer, M.

In subordination to the passive intellect, the external faculty, the active reason, is also to be cultivated; it deserves care, like the skin.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

On the other hand, I've no active reason to hate you, at present.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry

But there is another aspect of the reason, the active reason which has nothing to do with the body, though it is in some manner resident in it during the life of the latter.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

He seems to waver about identifying the "spark" with the "active reason," but inclines on the whole to regard it as something even higher still.

From Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages by Inge, William Ralph