active reason

American  

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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Example Sentences

In subordination to the passive intellect, the external faculty, the active reason, is also to be cultivated; it deserves care, like the skin.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

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

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

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