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"Reason in man is rather like God in the world." – Thomas Aquinas (c.1225 – 1274) Opuscule II, "De Regno".
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection. REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire. REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice. – Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911).
"No one has yet been found so firm of mind and purpose as resolutely to compel himself to sweep away all theories and common notions, and to apply the understanding, thus made fair and even, to a fresh examination of particulars. Thus it happens that human knowledge, as we have it, is a mere medley and ill-digested mass, made up of much credulity…
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