passive reason

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noun

Aristotelianism.

1. the reasoning faculty existing only within an individual mind, limited in scope and perishing with the body.

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Example Sentences

Averroes teaches that it is possible for the passive reason to unite itself with the Active Reason, and that this union may be attained or prepared for by ascetic purification and study.

From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph

The passive reason is the faculty which rises through discursive thinking to knowledge.

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

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

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

All the lower faculties perish with the body, including the passive reason.

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

But he denies that the passive reason is perishable, not wishing entirely to depersonalise man.

From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph