misreason
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2VERB + MISREASON
line, misrule, seen
ADV.
indeed, strangely
Definitions
verb
To reason badly; to form an irrational conclusion.
I could not, indeed, so strangely misreason as to suppose that sensual indulgence produced superior intelect; but I supposed that in some instances superior intellect might cause sensual indulgence.
We need not even enter the courtroom to flood ourselves with memorial evidence of the "stern lesson" that "[p]eople disguise the truth in certain situations, whether out of deviousness, self-deception, ignorance, or fear. They also, of course, misremember, misjudge, and misreason.”
noun
Irrational or illogical thinking.
A rift through the clouds is seen, Misrule and misreason are forced to fly, Law takes her scepter again;
That line of misreason runs as follows: “ If evolution is true, and we did come from the apes, then why are there apes still living?”
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6I could not, indeed, so strangely misreason as to suppose that sensual indulgence produced superior intelect; but I supposed that in some instances superior intellect might cause sensual indulgence.
WiktionaryWe need not even enter the courtroom to flood ourselves with memorial evidence of the "stern lesson" that "[p]eople disguise the truth in certain situations, whether out of deviousness, self-deception
WiktionaryIts incipit is Quoniam qui nominum virtutis sunt ignari, de facili paralogizantur, et ipsi disputantes et alio audientes ("In arguments those who are not well acquainted with the power of words misrea
WiktionaryA rift through the clouds is seen, Misrule and misreason are forced to fly, Law takes her scepter again;
WiktionaryThat line of misreason runs as follows: “ If evolution is true, and we did come from the apes, then why are there apes still living?”
WiktionaryWhile there could be intervention at the level of material conditions, Martin argued also for reform efforts at the point of personal consciousness—the spirit of citizens who could be educated in such
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