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Often there is no such quasi-rational reason for common action.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

Early ‘rationalists’ might indeed seek to put a quasi-rational form upon tradition, and to give reasons for recognising authority.

From Rationalism by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)