postulate of reason

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  • reason — rea·son n 1: an underlying ground, justification, purpose, motive, or inducement required to provide reason s for the termination in writing 2 a: the faculty of comprehending, inferring, or distinguishing esp. in a fair and orderly way b: the… …   Law dictionary

  • postulate — I noun assertion, assumed truth, assumption, axiom, conjecture, foundation, hypothesis, premise, speculation, starting point, statement, suggestion, sumptio, supposal, supposition, surmise, theorem, thesis, truism II verb advance, assume,… …   Law dictionary

  • postulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. proposition, axiom, supposition; hypothesis, premise; fact, datum. v. suppose, surmise, theorize, hypothesize. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. posit, hypothesize, presume, predicate; see assume 1 , guess 1 ,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Critique of Practical Reason —   Cover of 1898 English edition of the Critique of Practical Reason …   Wikipedia

  • Parallel postulate — In geometry, the parallel postulate, also called Euclid s fifth postulate since it is the fifth postulate in Euclid s Elements , is a distinctive axiom in what is now called Euclidean geometry. It states that: If a line segment intersects two… …   Wikipedia

  • On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason — On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason[1] was originally published as a doctoral dissertation in 1813. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer revised this important work and re published it in 1847. Throughout all… …   Wikipedia

  • Schopenhauer's criticism of the proofs of the parallel postulate — Arthur Schopenhauer criticized mathematicians attempts to prove Euclid s Parallel Postulate because they try to prove from indirect concepts that which is directly evident from perception. Throughout his writings [ I wanted in this way to stress… …   Wikipedia

  • expostulate, postulate — Expostulate means to reason earnestly, to remonstrate, to demand : The policeman expostulated with the motorist about the dangers of fast driving. Postulate is derived from the same Latin word as expostulate but means to claim, assume, ask, or… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • Property — • The person who enjoys the full right to dispose of it insofar as is not forbidden by law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Property     Property      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • principle — I (axiom) noun accepted belief, adage, admitted maxim, article of belief, article of faith, assertion, assurance, basic doctrine, basic law, basic rule, basic truth, belief, canon, conviction, credo, declaration of faith, decretum, doctrine,… …   Law dictionary

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