ratiocinative
- a word derived from ratiocinate.
- a word derived from ratiocination.
Example Sentences
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It would be absurd to say that the ratiocinative, literal mind is higher than the ideal.
From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William
This Reason is not the ratiocinative faculty in man which conditions him as a duality; it is rather more as a Divine Monad, as Pure Reason, or that which can hold all opposites in one.
From The Gnostic Crucifixion by Mead, G. R. S.
“Well, how goes the ratiocinative process?’ was Brett’s greeting.
From The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate by Tracy, Louis
The ratiocinative faculty, then, as found in individuals, is not a general instrument of knowledge, but has its province, or is what may be called departmental.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry
Mere knowledge thus differs from science in that the one is held only by the apprehensive powers of the mind, while the other passes beyond these into the reflective or ratiocinative.
From The Philosophy of Evolution Together With a Preliminary Essay on The Metaphysical Basis of Science by Carpenter, Stephen H. (Stephen Haskins)
