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I would call the attention of the reader to the difference between "reason" and "reasoning." reason is a light, reasoning a process. reason is a faculty, reasoning an exercise of that faculty. reasoning proceeds from one truth to another by means of argumentation. this generally involves the whole mind in labor and complexity. but reason does not exist merely in order to engage in reasoning. the process is a means to an end. the true fulfillment of reason as a faculty is found when it can embrace the truth simply and without labor in the light of single intuition.
-Thomas Merton
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I Would Call The Attention Of The

Thomas Merton
I would call the attention of the reader to the difference between "reason" and "reasoning." reason is a light, reasoning a process. reason is a faculty, reasoning an exercise of that faculty. reasoning proceeds from one truth to another by means of argumentation. this generally involves the whole mind in labor and complexity. but reason does not exist merely in order to engage in reasoning. the process is a means to an end. the true fulfillment of reason as a faculty is found when it can embrace the truth simply and without labor in the light of single intuition.
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