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

But to this doctrine Aristotle makes an exception in favour of the 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

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

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