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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active reason

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 William Ralph Inge

The positive activity of thought itself is active reason.

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

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

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

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 William Ralph Inge

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

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