active reason

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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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The positive activity of thought itself is active reason.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

The active reason is a much higher faculty, which exists by participation in the divine mind, "as the air is light by participation in the sunshine."

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

These two systems, the purely spiritual and the sensuous—which last may consist of an immeasurable series of particular lives—exist in me from the moment when my active reason is developed and pursue their parallel course....

From Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution by Rothwell, Fred

The lower is called passive reason, the higher active reason.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

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